In 27 of 44 Countries, Mandatory Face Masks reduce Deaths?
Recently in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine published
a study declaring that the mandatory use of masks in the SARS-CoV-2 and MERS
environment prevented deaths. It was a “ModelingCovid-19 Mortality across 44 Countries” indicating face
coverings “may reduce” mortality. The
study was simple enough but it brought to my mind some questions. I have always
thought the most important part of any discussion was asking the right questions. The basic results of the study indicated
there were 288 deaths per million people in countries that did not mandate
masks and only 48 per million in countries that did. A significant difference. Two things to point
out about this is that the death rate in both instances was very low. Even the 288 as almost the same as a Flu epidemic
of two one-hundredths of 1% death rate in the population. That is still higher than four one-thousandth
of 1% for the masked.
NOTE: The data for this study was from February to May 2020
so Vaccines were not a factor.
Why deaths?
In the material the claim was it reduced virial load. Maybe I suppose, but then just simple isolation
would also be a determining factor and that does not seem to be true. People
place in isolation still get worse. They paid no attention to the infection
rate, which in some of these places we know to be quiet high.
We know from experience that despite masking: age,
population density and general population health are contributing factors.
Was age a factor?
According to the model, the average age for the 17 “non-masking”
countries was slightly higher at 42 years old versus 41 years old on average for
the 27 countries forcing the masking.
This really does not sound like a lot.
Until you understand that the over 60 population was moderately higher
in those non-masking, immigration was major factor and as well as population
density which was higher in the 17 non-masking countries. This would indicate a
more stressed medical community and possibly lead to a higher death rate on its
own merits.
Did the 27 lower death rate masked countries have a
different treatment protocol?
It is not indicated in the research if any protocols were
used in the lower death rate countries different than the non-mask countries either. If the treatment methods were the same, then
the study is valid. If most if not all
of the masked countries also used varied treatments or any significant
treatment at all, then the study is really flawed. Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine were
already being used in some places by then.
Assuming that just masking was the primary factor is a false
promise. There is also no real
indication that they looked at the population’s compliance. It is one thing to force a mandate, it is another
to comply. Japan is known to have one of
the highest mask compliant populations at 91%, Ireland is about 88%. So the level of compliance could affect the
results.
Why 44 countries?
I am always skeptical of limited quantity studies. Back in the 1960s the “Mediterranean Diet”
was based on something called the 7 Countries studies. Seven countries had
diets that were low in Saturated fat and high in carbohydrates that had a low
rate of heart disease. It made Olive oil
a cure-all and was touted as the secret to a long life. Soon after America became a far more obese
nation. What is never mentioned is that
they had data for some 30+ countries.
They chose 7 because the charts made the wanted result. Low fat,
moderate carb, less heart disease. In truth, if you mapped all the data there was
no conclusion in the amount of saturated fat.
Countries like Switzerland and France wherein there, both had high fat,
medium to low carb diets, yet their level of cardiovascular disease was also
minimal.
So here we are with a minimal sample size really. It was too complicated to use county data in
the US or province data in Canada because, well I don’t know. So we have 44 countries picked out of
probably 70 we have data for?
When you limit your data, it always looks like you want a
specific result. That is the joy of statistics. You can always get the results you want, it
is just how you look at the data points. So I encourage you to be skeptical. There is an awful lot we are not being told.
What percentage of deaths in the US are vaccinated? In Oregon, 99% of people over 65 are
vaccinated. And they account for 90+ percent of the deaths in the state. So how many of them are vaccinated? Nobody will say. Some states have indicated
50% of those dying are vaccinated. 60% o
the new infections are vaccinated. To me, the vaccine, that I did get, does not seem to be effective.
Why are miscarriages up over 60% in Invitro Fertilization
Clinics Nationwide among vaccinated women over 2019?
Why are cardiovascular issues up 100% in men below 40 and in
good health nationwide in 2021?
Why are school districts in Oregon asking children to eat
lunch in 35 degrees in December when the risk of death in children below 16 is
so low, vaccinated or not?
Asking questions is how we learn. Asking the right question is how we
advance. Currently I wear a mask for the
fear of others. Not because I am afraid
of them, but because they are afraid of me.
It is a sad situation.
Next time you see a person with a mask remember it is YOUR
FEAR that drives that.
Here’s a question: How long do you want to live in fear?
