Last update: October 26, 2020 CHECK BACK PERIODICALLY FOR UPDATES TO RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENTS IN READABILITY. The "offensive content" warning appeared only after China was mentioned in this paste. Weird, huh? Contents (work-in-progress): I. Travel Bans II. Masks III. PCR effectiveness IV. Rules for thee, not for me V. Lockdowns --I.-- CDC Evidence for Travel Bans https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0993_article http://archive.today/p57aT --II.-- CDC Mask Studies "Disposable medical masks (also known as surgical masks) are loose-fitting devices that were designed to be worn by medical personnel to protect accidental contamination of patient wounds, and to protect the wearer against splashes or sprays of bodily fluids. There is limited evidence for their 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." https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article http://archive.is/cWGa7 Same, but not early release: https://archive.is/y22jF https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/20-0948_article http://archive.today/rIZN6 CDC: "DO NOT use facemasks" http://archive.today/RKdWc https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/84900 W.H. Kellogg studying mask efficacy after 1918 flu pandemic https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.10.1.34 CDC: Understanding N95 and surgical masks https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/UnderstandDifferenceInfographic-508.pdf WHO does not recommend masks "There is no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the mass population has any potential benefit. In fact, there's some evidence to suggest the opposite in the misuse of wearing a mask properly or fitting it properly," Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO health emergencies program, said at a media briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. http://archive.today/xIvBI Mask and infection trends across Europe, etc. http://archive.today/4SGYt New England Journal of Medicine, 2nd paragraph "We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic." http://archive.is/CfQBO CDC mask footnote no evidence protection against symptomatic or asymptomatic https://archive.is/fmpmX New mutation bypasses masks, distancing https://archive.is/NS6IE BMJ (British Medical Journal) RCT The rates of all infection outcomes were highest in the cloth mask arm, with the rate of ILI statistically significantly higher in the cloth mask arm (relative risk (RR)=13.00, 95% CI 1.69 to 100.07) compared with the medical mask arm. Penetration of cloth masks by particles was almost 97% and medical masks 44%. https://archive.is/yzz4B England Health Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jenny Harries evidence on face coverings "not strong in either direction" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8676535/Jenny-Harries-says-face-coverings-evidence-not-strong.html http://archive.today/rib2o CDC survivability rates https://archive.is/xiVJ2 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html WHO Dr. Michael Ryan estimates that 10% of the global population has been infected. This makes the death rate .14%. World population is 7.8 Billion people, 10% is 780 Million people. The deaths, as of this writing on October 5, 2020, are 1,061,539. That's about .14%. https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2020/10/05/default-calendar/executive-board-special-session-on-the-covid19-response Canada Mask https://web.archive.org/web/20200526130951/https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/coronavirus-why-masks-dont-work/ar-BB11nxm9 Holland no masks https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8583925/The-land-no-face-masks-Hollands-scientists-say-theres-no-solid-evidence-coverings-work.html Seattle Times 1918 pandemic http://archive.today/FFUuY Sweden infectious disease expert http://archive.today/6I98n Sweden never locked down http://archive.today/QnaL2 Sweden herd immunity, 43% http://archive.today/e4RwB Fauci saying masks are unnecessary, mocking https://streamable.com/oml2rf Fauci - asymptomatic transmission never drives outbreaks http://archive.today/iV0bQ Sanjay Gupta: don't buy masks https://archive.is/ib3bF His tweets on March 5 http://archive.today/Mvuhv Sanjay on masks https://archive.is/wLxSh Twitter thread chronicling mask attitudes https://archive.is/n5Lfh Swiss compilation https://swprs.org/a-swiss-doctor-on-covid-19/ http://archive.today/deexV Swiss compilation on masks https://swprs.org/face-masks-evidence/ Surgeon General tweet: http://archive.today/5ScZF U of Minn. CIDRAP We do not recommend requiring the general public who do not have symptoms of COVID-19-like illness to routinely wear cloth or surgical masks because: There is no scientific evidence they are effective in reducing the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission Their use may result in those wearing the masks to relax other distancing efforts because they have a sense of protection We need to preserve the supply of surgical masks for at-risk healthcare workers. Sweeping mask recommendations—as many have proposed—will not reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission, as evidenced by the widespread practice of wearing such masks in Hubei province, China, before and during its mass COVID-19 transmission experience earlier this year. Our review of relevant studies indicates that cloth masks will be ineffective at preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission, whether worn as source control or as PPE. http://archive.is/s92ER https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/data-do-not-back-cloth-masks-limit-covid-19-experts-say Not even N95 masks are effective protection against SARS-CoV. Published August 7, 2017. http://archive.today/NghAW Reddit agreeing that masks are ineffective and spread fear http://archive.today/Cy7E0 A review of mask research https://archive.is/m6PQ1 Europe already reopened schools. Denmark schools no distancing no barriers http://archive.today/9ys5d --III.-- PCR test isn't accurate https://archive.is/ircd2 https://archive.is/H1mYS http://archive.today/AdUSn 93% false positive? https://archive.is/Sp7Jg --IV.-- Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and Rep. Wendy Ullman masks for political theater https://youtu.be/OcchjFQRrK8 Virus disappears too fast for vaccine https://archive.is/cvMN5 Nancy Pelosi saying to go out during February after the travel ban. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/nancy-pelosi-visits-san-franciscos-chinatown/2240247/?_osource=db_npd_nbc_kntv_twt_shr http://archive.today/EotID Nancy defies her own orders https://archive.is/Xj74u De Blasio telling people to go out in March http://archive.today/ELvpe Feinstein defies own orders https://youtu.be/DgIHvdDGycw NYC Health Commissioner https://nypost.com/2020/04/04/nyc-pols-urge-de-blasio-to-oust-health-commissioner-over-coronavirus-response/ Asymptomatic spread is rare http://archive.is/HEJrn Dr. Harvey Risch of Yale on HCQ https://archive.is/urdUr http://archive.today/hZMpA CDC estimates 2.2 Million will die, not even close https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/17/terrifying-new-research-warns-22-million-could-die-coronavirus-us-without-drastic https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/cdcs-worst-case-coronavirus-model-210m-infected-1-7m-dead.html Atlas - data does not support lockdown http://archive.today/69jlO Hospital incentive to diagnose virus http://archive.is/Pex0a James Todaro, MD T-cell immunity http://archive.is/QM1cq CDC Dr. Redfield: suicide, ODs, flu greater threat to youth than virus https://www.buckinstitute.org/covid-webinar-series-transcript-robert-redfield-md/ Dr. Birx "99% of us are going to be fine" (Local Arkansas news) https://archive.is/wip/fAQfM Birx slip Gates Foundation tracing https://archive.is/oagRO New York Times China lockdown pressure https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1270925788389486593.html Utah Governor Gary Herbert defies mask and social distancing orders https://www.instagram.com/tv/CF0FHrqptsc/?igshid=3hx3qolowwu9 Rules for thee, not for me! Where has the flu gone? Cases are down 98? http://archive.today/9NaFk Cuomo - rules for thee, not for me! https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-chris-cuomo-no-mask-report.amp UK Daily Mail: facts about the virus in the UK https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8845533/Coronavirus-Soaring-infections-death-rates-claims-justify-lockdowns.html Did you hear about the time the WHO faked a pandemic? Forbes has scrubbed this article from their website! Why would they do that? https://archive.is/https://www.forbes.com/2010/02/05/world-health-organization-swine-flu-pandemic-opinions-contributors-michael-fumento.html It's only a temporary lockdown. It's only two more weeks. It's only social distancing. It's only six feet. It's only a mask. It's only testing. It's only contact tracing. It's only a mandatory vaccine. It's only a fine. It's only information about your neighbor. It's only a quarantine camp. It's just to flatten the curve. And now what do they say? It's "the new normal." Diamond Princess cruise ship, densely packed, peaked at under 20% infected.