Before I get on the topic of masks, I am going to share the official word on masks from the Center for Disease Control 2018, Emerging Infectious Diseases report.
“Disposable medical masks (also known as surgical masks), are loose-fitting devices that were design to be worn by medical personnel to protect accidental contamination of patients wounds, and to protect the wearer against splashes or sprays of bodily fluids. There is limited evidence for the effectiveness in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the infected person for source control or when worn by uninfected persons to reduce exposure. Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks on transmission of laboratory confirmed influenza”.
There you have it, from the lead agency in the United States. Do masks work? You be the judge, but going with the “science”, as politicians wants us to believe, I am going to say the scientific evidence is nonexistent or sketchy at best.
According to the President’s team of Fauci and Birx, this is the deadliest thing we have seen since the 1908 pandemic, although the numbers seem to discredit such an outlandish claim.
But let us talk about masks and the effect they are having on the environment, our communities, and public places.
How is disposing masks by throwing them on the ground helping the environment? It does not! It is disgusting and nasty.
How does it help our communities? It does not! Who is going to pick up those possibly infected masks?
How does it ensure public places are safe to the public? It does not! Nobody knows who was wearing those masks. Were they infected?
All this brings me to the most egregious issue regarding masks. Why is it that the only item collecting air particles that could carry the Covid-19 virus can be disposed of as it were a piece of toilet paper?
If this is such a deadly virus, the government should have come up with some serious guidelines regarding the disposal of what, in my opinion, is biohazard material.
As of today, I have not seen any regulations telling the American people how to dispose of masks. What I have seen are masks laying on the ground, like some regular piece of trash.
If you think a contaminated mask is normal trash, worthy of a parking spot at your local Walmart, you need your head examine.
Next time you think it is a good idea to throw your mask on the ground, remember you are possibly infecting the poor soul who is going to have to pick it up.
Why are we not treating these masks as biohazards? The medical community and the government should be ashamed of themselves for not addressing such a potential health hazard that could pose a bigger threat than the virus itself.
