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Tim’s DVD Reviews

making safer, better products? No. In 1986, the The Science and History of Masks in Medicine
industry was granted immunity from lawsuits. Shawn Stevenson
Pharmaceutical companies are not liable for any themodelhealthshow.com/maskfacts
adverse effects of their vaccines. If they really
cared about your health, why would they cam- In 2020, I have heard more grumbling about
paign for that? Why would Congress go along people not being scientific than ever before. It
with something this outrageous? Big pharma is certainly true that there are a large number
must have a pretty good lobby. of people out there who know nothing about
This film goes into details, naming agen- science. I’m pretty sure most of the ones who
cies and players who stand to profit from the complain the loudest have not themselves ever
coronavirus. Many would toss this film into looked at a scientific study. I personally don’t
the trash bin of “conspiracy theories,” which claim to be a scientist, but as I write this I have
we have all been programmed to casually dis- on my desk a stack of studies from various
regard with no further or deeper thought. “Just sources on mask effectiveness, and I have read
go along with the herd.” “The herd is always them. This video looks at a wide range of studies
right.” Don’t listen to that little voice in your done by many different agencies and people in
head that asks, “Are there really no conspiracies the U.S., Europe and China. It covers the time
at all anywhere?” period from when surgical masks were first used
There is one big question that this film does to studies done in the last ten years.
not ask. Where is the proof that a virus named Most of these studies looked at hospital
SARS-CoV-2 is the cause of this new illness operating room settings and compared infection
called Covid-19? I think most will agree that rates where masks were used to infection rates
there is a new illness out there that can be very where masks were not used. A large metastudy
serious, but that very important question about from Cochrane—considered the gold standard
causation seems only to lead to more censorship, in evaluating large amounts of research—con-
demonization and religious intolerance. The cluded there was no difference. Numerous other
American legal system recognizes that until studies are covered in the video. The conclu-
you hear all sides of a dispute, you cannot know sions range from masks making no difference
what is going on. Doesn’t that question deserve to masks actually being slightly worse than
a straight answer? Is this not important enough useless. And this is in professional settings with These studies

for all sides to get a fair hearing? people who theoretically know what they are show that
The film wraps up by suggesting that our doing. Can we expect any better results with masks reduce
most pervasive health problems may be caused the general public?
by the replacement of real food with factory These studies show that masks reduce air air volume
products, the replacement of natural cures with volume in and out of the lungs by 25 percent. in and out of
harmful drugs and the replacement of love and Carbon dioxide levels go up, and brain func- the lungs by
community with fear and isolation. Those who tion goes down. If you are having trouble
disagree with these conclusions are not doing understanding this, try taking off your mask. 25 percent.
themselves any favors by censoring, shaming, A Chinese study done in 2017 showed that Carbon
demonizing and outlawing anyone who dis- wearing the popular N95 masks correlated to dioxide levels
agrees with them. The thumb is UP. higher infection rates than in the control group.
When I walk into Home Depot or other go up, and
stores, I often see a sign saying that customers brain function
will not be let in unless they are wearing a mask.
They add that cloth masks are OK. I appreciate goes down.

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