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Could we have a video regarding infections in planes? Where is the data to prove that unvaxxed shouldn't fly in Canada, even if they provide a negative PCR test?
I'm a flight attendant, I'm so very happy this mandate has went away! I went through this whole pandemic, without covid. And trust me, I don't wear my mask when I dont have too. I ate a lot on the plane. I've flown next to coworkers who were covid positive and never caught it, this is sitting next to each other in the galley and eating. Guess when I caught covid? During the vaccine mandate, when all my coworkers rushed out to get the vax, my base came down with a massive covid outbreak, guess from who? Those that went out and got vaxxed. Doesn't add up. Pilots also, fly next to each other all day, in the Flight deck, and have flown next to pilots that were also covid pilot (wasn't aware of that time) and the other pilot never caught covid. We get new fresh air, every 2 to 3 mins through the cabin, our hepa filters are amazing, and we use great cleaning products that's medical grade on our planes.. I dont like taking freedom away from those who should have a choice.
My dear lady, what you are is just an incredibly lucky human being. There are entire families that have been partially obliterated by this ailment, thousands of children orphaned, widowers and widows mourning... no need to elaborate, you get my drift. Keep well!
I don't believe the medical establishment that was pressing for mask mandates is interested in assessing the mask efficacy as it may expose their capricious policies.
It seems weird that the recent legal actions are about procedural technicalities. No one seems to be demanding that CDC put hard data on the table showing that masking significantly reduces covid transmission.
As a person who works in healthcare, there is enough information for doctors and Healthcare to wake up. But they will not. They will do anything to not admit they were wrong
Have you actually had a conversation with a doctor about this? Science is not about saying you or someone is wrong per se, it is about searching for more fitting explanations using processes to curb bias. Idiot mouthpieces working for the CDC does not define science as a whole. If it did then doctors would not stand to contribute to medical research.
I love the fact the masks works on toddlers but not teachers, on waitresses but not customers, and definitely works on dishwashers but not cooks. While the manager can freely decide if wants to or not. It’s clearly obvious that the people in charge are the ones who don’t wear the masks and forcing them on others.
Its like the vaccines -- they work between 3:00 to 4:00 PM on a Wed, but it does not work on the other days of the week. It works if you are alone in a room, but its effectiveness drop to zero if you are around other people.
Let's confine that characterization to the US health industrial complex, which also has an astronomically high admission fee for a very poor show indeed!
I don't see the medical profession turning into a clown show. This was a new virus that has done things that went against all norms in past medicine. People expected miracles to happen instantly just because they are doctors. This virus is constantly mutating and changing like nothing we have ever seen.
@@lh98 I didn’t say anything about isolating, I was talking about a government mandated piece of cloth we were all forced to wear that had NO basis in science. It was all politics. The damage done to the economy is going to be far worse than the virus was.
@@lh98 but it isn't working.....and that's the point. Spend time trying to save lives by not being one sided on an issue like mask mandates. The data has never really supported them working as guided. We where mandated to wear masks that really do nothing, so how is that helping save lives? Why shouldn't they be held accountable? Being honest and open like this Dr. would have been the best solution not politics. Should have always been about protecting yourselves because we all know some people just don't care if they are out sick and spreading it. Also some people don't even know they have it and are spreading it. Personal choice has been there from day one and the government could have been a lot more successful had they not tried to push mandates imo.
It is interesting and possibly revealing that no one from the government medical establishment such as the CDC and NIH has discussed this subject with the public or even with the non-government medical community.
Yes, and it’s positively distressing that they appear to have done essentially nothing vis-a-vis research to get at the facts. Not obvious that CDC et al are worth their multi billion dollar budgets.
@@roberttrask6826 It's all about making us conceal our faces and become fearful, and less human to each other since the face is most important in how we see each other. If one wants to be and remain healthy, then work on the immune system on the inside...eat well, sleep well, maybe Vit D3 and zinc, and good positive interactions with fellow humans, unmasked. We NEVER hear this from the medical establishment because it makes us independent and makes no money for them. Best wishes.
The current appeal to the judgement that lifted the mandate is for the ability of the CDC to make more "health" mandates without the interference of Congress. The Case is not whether or not the CDC made an effective mandate that created good results but rather the CDC is the Science by Law.
We haven't had maskmandates in Denmark for a long time now... And I almost never see people who choose to wear them... If it ever made af difference I think it had more to do with keeping people aware of the risk of beeing infected.
I still wear my KN95 ...alot of people in my area have a respiratory infection but I haven't had as much as a cold in 3 years...I would rather wear a mask than get a cold...no big deal to me
@@vickieyoung7122 It may become a big deal when your immune system has become so weakened through not being exposed to any viruses, that you become seriously ill from what would normally be an insignificant infection. Like our muscles, our immune system needs to be exercised to retain effeciveness.
Great info Dr Moran! When I saw how ineffective a cloth mask was in video done under controlled conditions by the Japanese Health Dept back in 2020 I realized then N95 was the only mask that had any chance of preventing infection if fitted correctly. I also realized that the mask mandates were not based on medical science but was political theatre. I have a thin decorated cloth mask which I named "Placebo" which I would put on at places requiring mask to just to check the box. The N95 mask that I have were for situations at the end of last year where I might be in close spaces inside AND I needed to test negative on a Covid test for a cruise that was a couple of days away! Lol! Now, I just use the N95 masks when cleaning the outdoor lanai of pollen!
Same for me, all my family wears KN95 and N95, after reading the studies early on. The thing is, most people don’t read studies and the government used that to their advantage to gain power.
Finland just completed a 2 year study between two cities, one being Helsinki using, if memory serves 8 - 13 yr olds, results showed that not wearing masks was slightly more beneficial. PS, want to know why we have a huge rise in allergies in general? parents running around disinfecting every surface in the home so as to deny the children the ability to build an immunity to germs, got to keep those big pharma profits rising with every generation.
This. Ask why the incidence of auto-immune illness in US children has increased so much during Saint Anthony's tenure at NIAID. An organisation specifically tasked with tackling allergies, whose only solution has been ever more pharmaceutical intervention, resulting in the exact opposite clinical results from those claimed. Though maybe the desired financial results...
I have a question about this period of mask mandates, when everyone is wearing masks, everywhere, while in hospital. Assuming, hospitals are still interested in measuring and controlling the spread of infections from all sources, besides CV19, to their patients. Did the hospital infection rates decline, with statistical significance, during this period of mask mandates?
Doctors working in hospitals had the lowest rate of infection when grouped by profession. If that doesn’t speak to effectiveness then I don’t know what else does. The key is, because they are trained to use them CORRECTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, they had the greatest success in one of the riskiest environments. One of the highest rate of infection by profession is police officers. Police groups have been notorious for being vocally anti-mask, not to mention anti-you-know-what in some areas. This is as obvious as seeing the pattern between rain and clouds. Only an idiot would think otherwise.
I'd like to know too. Early 2010s, I worked in a hospital cafeteria with food. I got scolded for calling out sick with really bad cold symptoms. The message told me: "Don't come in sick but take bettwe care of yourself so you don't get sick." (In other words, pretend you're healthy or lose your job.) When I had a cold, I wore a mask per workplace policy. My coworkers asked me why since I was vaccinated against the flu. My resonse was a polite version of, "DUDE! I have a bad cold and I'm coughing alot. Do you really want me to risk spreading my germs to a patient? How about an ICU Patient? Change your gloves more frequently." I worked for a short time then moved. I will avoid working in a hospital now due to the necessity of wearing a mask at all times in all hospitals. No thank you. Thank you docs who do.
Well in the hospital they change into full ppe between patients. Their mask are constantly being changed. one consideration is how often a mask is changed in the public and are they fitted. Even so their is a percent chance you will get infected every time you are exposed to the virus. in one study it showed in a community. you will have 99% infected in 100 days with mask wearing. class rooms offices any place where you have the same people an a daily bases.
@@faervas1234... Thank you for responding. I probably was not as clear as I should have been. I will try again. The question was _NOT_ about the spread of covid19 (cv19) infections. Rather, the question was about _non cv19_ infections contracted by patients in hospital. Meaning, did _non cv19_ infections decrease from increased/improved hospital ppe practices?
I started wearing a N100 mask and safety goggles the first week of January 2020. Now I wear British military N99 with carbon/silver filter and safety glasses or 3M 1860 N95. I have been wearing all kinds of masks for 40+ years in house renovations especially when doing demolition with asbestos, mold etc.
When drug makers are relieved of liability and they, and select government organizations, are not required to get the VAX, one can only suspect foul play.
Side note: Homeowners who use masks in their garages, need them to protect against inhalation of various types of dust from sweeping and woodworking. Masks that protect against liquid droplet inhalation are referred to as organic vapor masks - not the same as dust or particulate masks.
Here is a great comparison to a garage door and a mask. Compare a Mask to a Garage door. Will an open Garage door stop a bowling ball or to be more realistic, stop a snow pea from rolling through the entrance. No, there is ZERO PROTECTION offered by any MASK You would need to be in a Hazmat suit or Bio Lab suit. The Stupid is STRONG in these Maskhole/Covidiots......
Speaking to some people here in WA, they miss wearing the masks. They said it makes them feel safe and reduces their anxiety. The government and mainstream media exaggerated the fear, and people would do anything to reduce their own fear, even as far is locking healthy, asymptomatic people in isolated quarantine camps. It is a psyops that worked well, despite it being obvious and lazy. It was designed to weaken peoples mental strength. Now, a whole new generation of children are completely afraid of any sickness and virus.
There are multiple meta analysis studies on masking looking at multiple hospitals, and cultures all over the world especially Asia, for flu & cold before COVID. None have found a link, not indoors or outdoors.
BTW, you're new microphone cuts off the low frequencies and makes your voice sound like it's coming from a telephone, IMHO. In subjective terms, "harsh and tinny". The solution may be as simple as bass and treble equalization on your preamp. I like your sound much more in the "Top 3 Tips for Your Doctors Visit" video. More lower frequencies; "warm and soothing". I love what you do. Thank you for helping me and thousands of others!
Are there harms to masks in terms of increased infections (e.g from pathogens other than SARS-COV2 where the moisture buildup in the masks trap and incubate pathogens which are then breathed into the lungs)?
I work in nursing homes and have had to wear surgical masks for over two years. Will it ever end ? Do they prevent any sickness? Norovirus says no, lol
I don't have a problem with people choosing to mask but it is kind of dumb since they don't work too great and the best protection is from someone else wearing the mask. I see lots of people going for a walk by themselves with a mask on. That means they have a mental problem, not a physical problem, but do it if you want.
Now you understand. For vulnerable people, this is indeed a hopeless situation. They have to resort to not going into public spaces whenever there is a flare up. We've decided as a society that we were not going to care about them because masks are a pain.
@@Off_the_clock_astrophysicist I understand if you have comorbidities you should be extra careful. In fact, the proper response by our governments should have been ONLY to support those people and let everyone else continue with their lives. 95% of deaths are comorbidities. However, your point is everyone should bend over backwards for a few, many who are in that spot because of their own actions, obesity, type 2 diabetes, etc.. As this video and the evidence supports masking does very little to help but masking does limit breathing and bad for mouth biome (not healthy), there are social issues (not seeing someone's face) and is bad for children (developmental problems). I guess you don't mind sacrificing some people?
@@outofcompliance1639 If you go to Church on Sunday with any regularity whatsoever, you willfully bend over backwards for the greatest minority possible- one person! Point is, the act of putting one’s faith in one God and one Son leads to faith in what follows quite naturally: the Holy Spirit, or, as it is called today/secularly: empathy /compassion for others, especially the weak and infirm. Did you know that Christians were a problem for the Romans in the centuries of the early common era because they championed the rights of the infirm to be treated and be given care and support? They founded the very ethics that carried over into what would become modern medicine well over a millennium later. You need not be Orthodox or Catholic/etc. for this to be sensible- a heart alone will suffice!
Where l live in Canada masks are done. Lots of people still wear them. I do not. But my well vaxed family brought me Covid. *I lost my sense of taste and smell and experienced a strange sense of euphoria.* We are all over it now. I guess that gives me immunity the easier way.
Is the current lack of randomized published clinical trials always been the case or were typically more done with past pandemics such as SARS ? Thanks as always for the informative video !
We don't need any masking studies. Just believe whatever the government tells ya & you'll be fine.🤔😳🤣 It should always be a personal choice to wear a mask or not. There are situations where I choose to mask & others where I don't. I can always count on Dr. Moran for factual medical information. 🥰✌💕🙏
We should be looking more into UVC 254nm and 222nm, especially in HVAC. We could cut down infections drastically. ......Needless to say, more research and studies are needed..... Any thoughts?
This is important research. In my home and at my office I do have a UV light attached to my ventilation system. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200917105345.htm The other potential treatment are compounds like povidone which in a very small study in Augusta Georgia that was randomized seemed to reduce progression to severe disease. Povidone is what surgeons can use to sterilize a surgical field in ear nose and throat surgery.
Great video as usual Dr. Moran. Couple of questions thought about mask wearing on airplanes… I’ve heard that commercial airplanes use Hepa filtration onboard during flights…. If so, would that help reduce Covid-19 transmission onboard during flights? Also, at the start of Covid-19 it seemed like passengers were required to test negative prior to boarding airplanes. Wouldn’t this also help reduce Covid-19 transmission as well? I wish that more accurate studies were completed using KN94 masks 😷 to determine their effectiveness against Covid-19.
Too bad we have not seen any studies on masking follow through to what really counts - does it help reduce severity. Are you better off getting half a dose of something that can hurt you rather than the full dose? Severity of decrease is the only reason we are still talking about covid - less important now with omicron but this question should be studied while we still have some interest to do so.
Dr. Moran, thank you again for your usual excellent presentation using hard data and well researched statistics. I saw and liked your March video titled: "Flu More Deadly Than COVID?" and have been subscribed for many months. I look forward to your voice of reason always.
I wore a cloth mask when required until recently and had no problem wearing one. However, since I'm vaccinated, boosted and caught covid back in March with minimal symptoms there just seems no point now. I have hybrid immunity meaning I am extremely unlikely to catch covid again for at least several months (barring some new variant) and if I can't catch it, I will have nothing to spread to anyone else. I'll probably keep them handy though as they were great at reducing my hay fever symptoms while I was cutting my grass.
Yes, if they fit properly and are regularly changed. The vast majority of infections are via the nose where the virus particles can be sucked in, and where there is a high concentration of ACE2 receptors, and a direct pathway to the lungs (though with Omicron being more of an upper respiratory infection, this may be less significant).
Since of first day of covid 19 I 've been wearing KN95 mask. I'm not vacinated and I didn't catch "whatever it was". I've been useing propolis drops and vitamin c only, every day. 🙏♥️ Thanks God 💞🍀🌷🌻🌸🌼🌺👋🇷🇸 Many regards from Belgrade Serbia. I love to watch your videos very much👌🤗😘
Surgeons wear them ALL DAY for decades of their careers. Why don’t you ask them if they have problems? Like mechanics, those with more hands-on experience are the people to talk to. It gets straight to the point.
@@slofty My dad was a general surgeon. Since he passed away many years ago, I never got to ask him about his masks, which were mostly cloth with ties. But most of his operations lasted a few hours at most, and the masks were sterile, not touched or lowered and lifted (if so, they would be replaced). Plus, the masks were never mean to be virus-proof, just to prevent the medical people from inadvertently exhaling/spitting into the patient's open cavity, and to stop patient's bodily fluids from splashing into the medical peoples' faces. At any rate, as I said the masks cannot filter viruses, which is the reason many people will give for continuing to wear them. That is fine, as long as it's voluntary.
@@kelseymathias3881 You asked about 'side effects', now you are going on about pt protection that I wasn't even talking about to begin with. Surg. masks have not been cloth for decades. Hit up some surgeons with decades of experience since the early 90s and report back any 'side effects' that they talk about directly. Make and post a video showing the veracity if such a things exists, which I doubt since these people average >$280k/yr so you think they'll tolerate working with unsafe equipment? Ask your question to the most appropriate crowd. Don't blow hot air shrouded with a thin layer of "neutral" plausible deniability like CCP trolls do (not saying you are one, hence why I said "like").
At 09:27 you say "Now the one thing we do know is that there is some harm in mask mandates when it comes to children. We're starting to see multiple studies now, in children who have been masked in terms of their early personal, emotional and social developmental milestones." Please could you share some links to those studies ? I notice that you omitted to do this.
I don't like it and I won't be using it again. I have played around with all the mike settings as well as the audio settings in my video editor. It doesn't work well in the 2 locations I typically film in.
During a meteor shower the odds of being killed by a meteorite increase but only minutely. I feel the same about covid, the change in significance between masked for social acceptance and unmasked for personal freedom seems minute.
Check the number of people killed by terrorist attacks vs those killed by covid. I certainly NEVER ONCE saw or heard about a right-winger protesting the patriot act. I have never seen a convoy at the lead-up driveway to an airport against tsa practices. When that happened decades ago you guys happily gave up freedoms shouting ‘murica! and even put stickers on your trucks about it. But non-permanent restrictions? That’ll make ‘men’ freak out and shriek like hysterical women. Not very sexy, says this here broad (and many others).
@@slofty This specific unhappy conservative and millions of others protested then and now about the so-called Patriot Act. It has become one of the most heinous usurpations of human rights in the US and possibly the world. Concerning sexy. if masks turn you on, our unprocreated offspring will thank us for never having met. My natural immune system's strength is a genetic advantage, not a handicap. In the past several years I've worn a mask for probably less than a week total, have had no placebo shots and zero covid. If that is freak out, so be it.
“Study finds plastics found in masks present in patients’ lungs The study from Great Britain discovered microplastic particles in the lung tissue of 11 out of 13 patients undergoing surgery.”-4/17/22
@@mballer The problem is you can't screen out micro-plastics from other sources as they are everywhere and you've no idea how long the plastic has been in the lungs anyway (plastic can take years to break down). They are even in the food chain now. They've been reported inside lungs since before the pandemic and in lung samples from as far back as 1998. The study (assuming it's the one from the University of Hull which came out recently) doesn't mention masks and the most common plastic of the 12 types found isn't the same type that is used to make N95 or surgical masks. I call BS on his hand-written unverified quote.
“What we are breathing through our mouth and nose is actually hazardous waste': Scientists find evidence of toxic chemicals in some face masks”-4/1/21 “ * EXCLUSIVE: Preliminary analysis found toxic chemicals in some masks * These include known allergens and carcinogens as well as controlled substances * Masks intended for use by the general public are not deemed to be PPE * Therefore, they do not have to meet the standards of masks worn by doctors * 85% of all masks made worldwide come from China and concerns have been raised over substandard manufacturing and opaque supply chains “
Unfortunately, because we occasionally have cases of COVID show up in our school, we (students, staff) have been required to wear masks for the last three weeks. Mandates are still in place in certain circumstances in LA County.
Nothing in life is 100% effective. Perhaps an effort to educate the general public on how to properly make, wash, handle and don a mask would produce more positive results due to the fact that SARS-CoV-2 is a disease that is spread by respiratory droplets. Throwing out the baby with the bath water is never a good idea.
@@greenbeans575 Your comment; "how to properly make...a mask" is intriguing. Are you suggesting that cloth masks can be effective in preventing COVID transmission? Have you read the recent literature on the effectiveness of cloth masks?
@@earlgreystoke3324 Yes, I am definitely suggesting that cloth masks do offer some protection against Covid transmission. One thing rarely discussed is the innoculum (number of viral particles at time of exposure that determines severity of illness). Additionally, for every article or "study" you may find that has determined that masks do no good, there will be even more that suggest that they do protect. This is probably due to people who might sway the data to support their pre-determined outcome. BTW, masks have been used since the fourteenth century for protection against respiratory illnesses as we knew about droplet transmission since that time. Be well!
@@earlgreystoke3324 P.S. You know the old saying "cover your cough"? Well that is not an effort to contain 100% of the viral particles that would be sprayed across the room & beyond (sneezes can project up to 17 feet!). That is so that many of the larger particles..you know, the particles that contain millions of viral copies.. will either hit your hand/arm/sleeve or be knocked to the floor. Mother's, don't let your children crawl all over the grocery store floors. TY. Oh...and wash your hands after you sneeze or blow your nose. You're welcome.
What gets me how do you prove the effects would of been better or worst. both my parents got covid in a skilled nursing. Everyone is masked and tested to be in the building.
Isaiah 25:7 And He will destroy on this mount the shroud That is drawn over the faces of all the peoples And the covering that is spread Over all the nations
Just an update. VRBPAC has scheduled Novavax’s vaccine discussion on June 7th, I think a day before the discussion regarding Moderna and Pfizer/Bioentech.
I never wore one unless forced to by my job. I finally caught covid Christmas 2021 and I'll say this, I'd rather catch covid than have a bacterial sinus infection.
I hope the government pushes mandates right to the midterm elections. What they'll actually do is drop mandates for summer and take credit for defeating covid. Vote out all incumbents.
Myself kids and wife all had covid Wife had it the worst Kids and I only had head aches Wife was able to stay home didn't need hospital Have not any issues since
My pleasure. Nothing I say in my videos is false. Unfortunately, I have been reported several times simply because some people don't like hearing the truth. When you read medical research you have to leave all your biases at the door. Studies often go against what you might think. There have been numerous medical reversals on medications and devices that have previously been approved.
@@MedicinewithDrMoran I'm an older 69 age black woman in the USA. I am relatively healthy not on medication and come from a family rife with comorbidities. I started taking vitamins d and turmeric.. I'm sure I have natural immunity. I was socially ostracized two years... not allowed to travel... Then instead of speaking about natural immunity they started talking about previously infected... So that the general population could not follow the narrative. Biden threatened us and called this the pandemic of the unvaxxed. This has not been good... Thank you and a few other honest doctors for making us feel sane.... unlike Anthony... the soyence... Fauci.
I have been masked for 2 years, only eaten out outside, been extremely cautious and have been exposed to covid but have been masked. Went on a cruise 2 weeks ago first time took mask off and relaxed. Both my husband and I caught covid!
@@taffyalusa4642 There have been a few supposedly 'covid safe' cruises where there have been covid outbreaks. It's all nonsense. At least now you won't need to line up for any further jabs as you now have natural immunity.
No body was "respectful" of my choice NOT TO WEAR A MASK!!! At a Minimum, I believe they deserve the cold stares, snickering and disapproving head shakes!!, Nothing that can be called aggressive or intimidating, Rude, maybe, still much less harassing than we were treated not wearing a mask, so.....🤷♀️ Besides, there's no law against being rude!!😤
There are two main reasons masks mandate can fail. 1) Masks don't do anything and 2) People are not wearing the masks properly or not at all. A mandate that allows people to not wear their masks is not a mask mandate. I saw someone compare such "mandates" to a submarine going down below the surface with 2 out of 3 door closed. Did the submarine sink because submarine doors fail to keep the water out, or because one has to close all the doors? Before one can start to make claim about submarine doors not being effective at keeping the water out, one would first need to check whether the said doors get shut properly in the first place. I think in the vast majority of cases, the doors were not being shut properly. Another thing that got us into trouble with this pandemic is the fact that we have been discounting observational studies altogether. Yes, there are confounding variables. But at some point, we have to believe our eyes. I wish I could find a link, but one study looked at mask use in East Asia and how they controlled the pandemic. One cannot deny that until Omicron came along, masking was very effective in those countries. They are an example of what happens when people follow the mandate. They would never think of not covering their nose and mouth, and they were diligent about following the mandate (complete compliance). In South-Korea, people lived relatively normal lives until earlier this year, when Omicron hit. They were quite horrified to see their daily deaths rise to what we'd been having for months in the US. They made it to February of this year with under 6,000 cumulative deaths, and will likely have 20,000 when this is all said and done. 20,000. For a population of over 51 millions. There is not the shadow of a doubt in my mind that masks (when worn and properly so) were highly effective for most of the pandemic. I am more doubtful when it comes to the more transmissible versions we've had recently. It may be that medical grade, fitted K95 masks are now required. And since we've thrown out the window the idea that masks protect others as well as the wearer, it's even more difficult now. It's a good thing that covid is now less virulent, the majority of people carry at least some degree of immunity and that treatments (at least in the US) are more readily available. While most of us are partying, the vulnerable among us are under a lot of stress and more restricted in what they can do than before. No-one talks about the horror some on the plane must have felt when masks came off and people cheered. They could have waited until they landed and vulnerable people got the chance to remove themselves from the situation before allowing people to take their masks off. Out of sheer caring and courtesy.
Do what you like. Wear a mask if you believe it protects you. Just don't force everyone else to join in your belief system. And don't try to guilt people into it either. BTW, who are all these "vulnerable", and how did they manage before Covid, when colds and flu were about?
@@originalkk882 I see that question a lot (what did vulnerable people do pre-pandemic). On it's face it's a dumb question, as we all know the answer. We've lost loved ones to covid or know people who have. We know people who went to the hospital because of it. We have friends, colleagues and acquaintances who are suffering from long covid. The freaky part is, they are not dissimilar to ourselves. We wonder why it hit them and not us, or will it the next time we catch covid? Some of us won't admit that this is in the back of our minds, but it's there. And so we feel the need to ignore the problem. And in the process, we must make some people disappear. What also makes us uncomfortable is that the situation we are in today, where we live in a world where covid is here to stay, was preventable. As a nation, we did not use the 2 months of warning we had to stock up on PPE. Once we had the PPE we refused to use it. Once we had the vaccines we refused to get vaccinated. And so some people must disappear.
I do not mind wearing masks. Wearing a think mask (with a plastic support underneath) is very comfortable. It can protect me from dust, unwanted moist etc. Honestly I sometime wear masks to sleep in cold weather.
It is important to notice that we still don't know if surgical masks work to protect against being infected with covid (seems to be low in the studies) but also if the viral charge when infected is lower and that translate to less serious disease. Masks are a cheap and easy to do measure, it is just a slight discomfort, and that is why generally is better to opt for the safer option and use masks. It is still something that need to be continually researched without any kind of stigma as long as the research is not done in malicious (designed from scratch to be more likely to show an intended result). Of course, it is still important to be critical about it and not use it when it can affect the person more than usual (young children or people with mental health conditions) or when the discomfort highly increase (ie. Doing vigorous exercise).
I'll wait for medical staff to abandon masks in the operating theatre before I stop wearing mine. Masks ain't new: 1870 John Tindall, Director of the Royal Institution, advised that physicians wear 'cotton wool respirators' to combat contagion. (Invented a better fireman's respirator, a hood that filtered smoke and noxious gas from air (1871, 1874)
That is primarily to reduce bacterial infection while the patient's body is cut open and vulnerable. Viruses are so much smaller than bacteria. It is why surgical patients are given antibiotics after surgery. It is for potential bacteria which can be stopped by masks. Look at the size of the pores in the masks compared with the size of viruses.
@@fionaballard8394 Then why haven't ALL nursing staff in hospital abandoned masks including non OP staff? The experience of Addenbrooks Hospital and good quality mask wearing cannot be refuted. It eliminated virtually ALL in-hospital Covid VIRUS infections!!!
It is interesting how so many people are trying their best to convince themselves and others that masks are useless, most likely because they're tired of wearing them. Their attempts to make mask wearers feel foolish fall on deaf ears to those of us who realize that they do offer some protection (especially if everyone would wear them!) and that the next variant is just around the corner. Selfish Americans: "muh freedumbs"
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Could we have a video regarding infections in planes? Where is the data to prove that unvaxxed shouldn't fly in Canada, even if they provide a negative PCR test?
How you have not been censored/banned by UA-cam is remarkable
Our problem is not masking our problem is the CDC.
I'm a flight attendant, I'm so very happy this mandate has went away! I went through this whole pandemic, without covid. And trust me, I don't wear my mask when I dont have too. I ate a lot on the plane. I've flown next to coworkers who were covid positive and never caught it, this is sitting next to each other in the galley and eating. Guess when I caught covid? During the vaccine mandate, when all my coworkers rushed out to get the vax, my base came down with a massive covid outbreak, guess from who? Those that went out and got vaxxed. Doesn't add up.
Pilots also, fly next to each other all day, in the Flight deck, and have flown next to pilots that were also covid pilot (wasn't aware of that time) and the other pilot never caught covid. We get new fresh air, every 2 to 3 mins through the cabin, our hepa filters are amazing, and we use great cleaning products that's medical grade on our planes..
I dont like taking freedom away from those who should have a choice.
@@davepaturno4290 all of my comments and responses keeps getting deleted :/ that's the kind of game we play now?
My dear lady, what you are is just an incredibly lucky human being. There are entire families that have been partially obliterated by this ailment, thousands of children orphaned, widowers and widows mourning... no need to elaborate, you get my drift. Keep well!
Try to be a bit more creative with your language, to avoid the censors. Your colleagues who got the shot were probably infected at the jab centre.
@@Thefroggang101 I'm sorry to see that but I'm not the moderator here, so I know nothing about it.
"Has went away" 😂
I don't believe the medical establishment that was pressing for mask mandates is interested in assessing the mask efficacy as it may expose their capricious policies.
True. If they were, they would have made multiple studies and not just resorted to wishful thinking.
It seems weird that the recent legal actions are about procedural technicalities.
No one seems to be demanding that CDC put hard data on the table showing that masking significantly reduces covid transmission.
Stay away from doctors so the rest of our policy premiums can be lower then. Bye!
@Rondo Loggins
100% AGREE!!!
@@roberttrask6826
Never seen or even called a doctor when I had Omicron! Didn't need to! No damn shots to complicate matters !!!!!
As a person who works in healthcare, there is enough information for doctors and Healthcare to wake up. But they will not. They will do anything to not admit they were wrong
Have you actually had a conversation with a doctor about this? Science is not about saying you or someone is wrong per se, it is about searching for more fitting explanations using processes to curb bias. Idiot mouthpieces working for the CDC does not define science as a whole. If it did then doctors would not stand to contribute to medical research.
The real damage comes when the mistrust toward health care professionals and science prevent the public to take action towards real threads.
Hello Denise
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If that were actually true, Denise, we would need to audit every doctor in this nation for narcissistic tendencies.
That's a scary thought.
I love the fact the masks works on toddlers but not teachers, on waitresses but not customers, and definitely works on dishwashers but not cooks. While the manager can freely decide if wants to or not. It’s clearly obvious that the people in charge are the ones who don’t wear the masks and forcing them on others.
Its like the vaccines -- they work between 3:00 to 4:00 PM on a Wed, but it does not work on the other days of the week. It works if you are alone in a room, but its effectiveness drop to zero if you are around other people.
I gotta tell ya as someone who lives in a State that never masked or locked down, this covidphobia masking stuff seems totally bonkers.
What state, I am jealous?!!!
I feel bad for doctors such as Dr Moran. He has had to watch his profession turn into a total clown show. Must be incredibly frustrating
Not "turn into" but "exposed as".
Let's confine that characterization to the US health industrial complex, which also has an astronomically high admission fee for a very poor show indeed!
Stay away from the whole establishment then. I could use the lower insurance premiums to be honest. See ya!
I don't see the medical profession turning into a clown show. This was a new virus that has done things that went against all norms in past medicine. People expected miracles to happen instantly just because they are doctors. This virus is constantly mutating and changing like nothing we have ever seen.
@@James-ke5sx
What norm did it go against?
So mental. These tyrants that pushed this disgusting mask mandate need to be held accountable and jailed for life.
@@lh98 I didn’t say anything about isolating, I was talking about a government mandated piece of cloth we were all forced to wear that had NO basis in science. It was all politics. The damage done to the economy is going to be far worse than the virus was.
@@lh98 but it isn't working.....and that's the point. Spend time trying to save lives by not being one sided on an issue like mask mandates. The data has never really supported them working as guided. We where mandated to wear masks that really do nothing, so how is that helping save lives? Why shouldn't they be held accountable? Being honest and open like this Dr. would have been the best solution not politics. Should have always been about protecting yourselves because we all know some people just don't care if they are out sick and spreading it. Also some people don't even know they have it and are spreading it. Personal choice has been there from day one and the government could have been a lot more successful had they not tried to push mandates imo.
I agree with you!!!
I didn’t comply with these stupid mandates.
It’ll end when people just stop doing it.
It is interesting and possibly revealing that no one from the government medical establishment such as the CDC and NIH has discussed this subject with the public or even with the non-government medical community.
Yes, and it’s positively distressing that they appear to have done essentially nothing vis-a-vis research to get at the facts. Not obvious that CDC et al are worth their multi billion dollar budgets.
@@roberttrask6826 It's all about making us conceal our faces and become fearful, and less human to each other since the face is most important in how we see each other. If one wants to be and remain healthy, then work on the immune system on the inside...eat well, sleep well, maybe Vit D3 and zinc, and good positive interactions with fellow humans, unmasked. We NEVER hear this from the medical establishment because it makes us independent and makes no money for them. Best wishes.
Betrays them as left leaning.
During the pandemic when there was so much confusion I trusted two Doc’s. Dr. Moran was one of them. Thank you Dr. Moran.
Ditto... for me, Dr John Campbell was the other voice of reason and sanity.
If you don't know him yet, you might as well have a look at Dr. Vinay Prasad. 🙂I'm a fan of his views during the pandemic for 1.5 years now.
They help as much as any placebo would.
I know people that were totally vaccinated and still got covid.
Vaccination never prevented anyone from getting Covid especially after the mutations!
The current appeal to the judgement that lifted the mandate is for the ability of the CDC to make more "health" mandates without the interference of Congress. The Case is not whether or not the CDC made an effective mandate that created good results but rather the CDC is the Science by Law.
We haven't had maskmandates in Denmark for a long time now... And I almost never see people who choose to wear them... If it ever made af difference I think it had more to do with keeping people aware of the risk of beeing infected.
I still wear my KN95 ...alot of people in my area have a respiratory infection but I haven't had as much as a cold in 3 years...I would rather wear a mask than get a cold...no big deal to me
Yep. Without the masks people might have forgotten all about the pandemic within a couple of months.
@@vickieyoung7122 It may become a big deal when your immune system has become so weakened through not being exposed to any viruses, that you become seriously ill from what would normally be an insignificant infection. Like our muscles, our immune system needs to be exercised to retain effeciveness.
Thank you Dr. Moran for an extremely informative and helpful presentation. Very much appreciated!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great info Dr Moran! When I saw how ineffective a cloth mask was in video done under controlled conditions by the Japanese Health Dept back in 2020 I realized then N95 was the only mask that had any chance of preventing infection if fitted correctly. I also realized that the mask mandates were not based on medical science but was political theatre. I have a thin decorated cloth mask which I named "Placebo" which I would put on at places requiring mask to just to check the box. The N95 mask that I have were for situations at the end of last year where I might be in close spaces inside AND I needed to test negative on a Covid test for a cruise that was a couple of days away! Lol! Now, I just use the N95 masks when cleaning the outdoor lanai of pollen!
Same for me, all my family wears KN95 and N95, after reading the studies early on. The thing is, most people don’t read studies and the government used that to their advantage to gain power.
We just got off a Celebrity cruise and caught covid.
@@taffyalusa4642 is that true? Was thinking of going on a cruise soon…
@@taffyalusa4642 Oh no! Thank goodness you were vaccinated!
cmon man the mask won't stop cigar smoke , anyone can test that out... air takes the easiest rout out all the holes where it doesn't fit the face....
Finland just completed a 2 year study between two cities, one being Helsinki using, if memory serves 8 - 13 yr olds, results showed that not wearing masks was slightly more beneficial.
PS, want to know why we have a huge rise in allergies in general? parents running around disinfecting every surface in the home so as to deny the children the ability to build an immunity to germs, got to keep those big pharma profits rising with every generation.
This. Ask why the incidence of auto-immune illness in US children has increased so much during Saint Anthony's tenure at NIAID. An organisation specifically tasked with tackling allergies, whose only solution has been ever more pharmaceutical intervention, resulting in the exact opposite clinical results from those claimed. Though maybe the desired financial results...
I have a question about this period of mask mandates, when everyone is wearing masks, everywhere, while in hospital. Assuming, hospitals are still interested in measuring and controlling the spread of infections from all sources, besides CV19, to their patients. Did the hospital infection rates decline, with statistical significance, during this period of mask mandates?
good question.
Doctors working in hospitals had the lowest rate of infection when grouped by profession. If that doesn’t speak to effectiveness then I don’t know what else does.
The key is, because they are trained to use them CORRECTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, they had the greatest success in one of the riskiest environments.
One of the highest rate of infection by profession is police officers. Police groups have been notorious for being vocally anti-mask, not to mention anti-you-know-what in some areas.
This is as obvious as seeing the pattern between rain and clouds. Only an idiot would think otherwise.
I'd like to know too. Early 2010s, I worked in a hospital cafeteria with food. I got scolded for calling out sick with really bad cold symptoms. The message told me: "Don't come in sick but take bettwe care of yourself so you don't get sick." (In other words, pretend you're healthy or lose your job.)
When I had a cold, I wore a mask per workplace policy. My coworkers asked me why since I was vaccinated against the flu. My resonse was a polite version of, "DUDE! I have a bad cold and I'm coughing alot. Do you really want me to risk spreading my germs to a patient? How about an ICU Patient? Change your gloves more frequently."
I worked for a short time then moved. I will avoid working in a hospital now due to the necessity of wearing a mask at all times in all hospitals. No thank you. Thank you docs who do.
Well in the hospital they change into full ppe between patients. Their mask are constantly being changed. one consideration is how often a mask is changed in the public and are they fitted.
Even so their is a percent chance you will get infected every time you are exposed to the virus. in one study it showed in a community. you will have 99% infected in 100 days with mask wearing. class rooms offices any place where you have the same people an a daily bases.
@@faervas1234... Thank you for responding. I probably was not as clear as I should have been. I will try again.
The question was _NOT_ about the spread of covid19 (cv19) infections. Rather, the question was about _non cv19_ infections contracted by patients in hospital. Meaning, did _non cv19_ infections decrease from increased/improved hospital ppe practices?
I started wearing a N100 mask and safety goggles the first week of January 2020.
Now I wear British military N99 with carbon/silver filter and safety glasses or 3M 1860 N95. I have been wearing all kinds of masks for 40+ years in house renovations especially when doing demolition with asbestos, mold etc.
By all means, wear as many masks as you need.
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When drug makers are relieved of liability and they, and select government organizations, are not required to get the VAX, one can only suspect foul play.
Side note: Homeowners who use masks in their garages, need them to protect against inhalation of various types of dust from sweeping and woodworking. Masks that protect against liquid droplet inhalation are referred to as organic vapor masks - not the same as dust or particulate masks.
Here is a great comparison to a garage door and a mask.
Compare a Mask to a Garage door. Will an open Garage door stop a bowling ball or to be more realistic, stop a snow pea from rolling through the entrance.
No, there is ZERO PROTECTION offered by any MASK
You would need to be in a Hazmat suit or Bio Lab suit.
The Stupid is STRONG in these Maskhole/Covidiots......
Agreed, I've worked around toxic and semi-toxic materials/liquids and the mask is so different it is not even comparable.
In NSW Australia the "health" officials admitted it was so that people would feel safe, not that they actually were effective.
Speaking to some people here in WA, they miss wearing the masks. They said it makes them feel safe and reduces their anxiety.
The government and mainstream media exaggerated the fear, and people would do anything to reduce their own fear, even as far is locking healthy, asymptomatic people in isolated quarantine camps.
It is a psyops that worked well, despite it being obvious and lazy. It was designed to weaken peoples mental strength.
Now, a whole new generation of children are completely afraid of any sickness and virus.
There are multiple meta analysis studies on masking looking at multiple hospitals, and cultures all over the world especially Asia, for flu & cold before COVID. None have found a link, not indoors or outdoors.
BTW, you're new microphone cuts off the low frequencies and makes your voice sound like it's coming from a telephone, IMHO. In subjective terms, "harsh and tinny". The solution may be as simple as bass and treble equalization on your preamp. I like your sound much more in the "Top 3 Tips for Your Doctors Visit" video. More lower frequencies; "warm and soothing". I love what you do. Thank you for helping me and thousands of others!
Thanks for explaining how mask fitting works!
Happy to help!
Why doesn't the CDC do a cluster randomized trial?
Because it will show what they pushed for was not needed
Because we’d find out they’ve been lying all along!
They also ignored natural immunity.
Are there harms to masks in terms of increased infections (e.g from pathogens other than SARS-COV2 where the moisture buildup in the masks trap and incubate pathogens which are then breathed into the lungs)?
good point!
For kids I'd have to say " more likely to occur".
@@davepaturno4290 plus, kids' masks have been judged totally filthy, covered in every pathogen known!
@@kelseymathias3881 Yes, very true!
Surgeons wear them ALL day for decades. Ask them but don’t get offended when they laugh at you.
I work in nursing homes and have had to wear surgical masks for over two years. Will it ever end ? Do they prevent any sickness? Norovirus says no, lol
I don't have a problem with people choosing to mask but it is kind of dumb since they don't work too great and the best protection is from someone else wearing the mask. I see lots of people going for a walk by themselves with a mask on. That means they have a mental problem, not a physical problem, but do it if you want.
This f******* guy thinks he’s a psychiatrist over here. I miss the days where the internet to get away from idiots.
At least now we can identify stupid people easier.
Now you understand. For vulnerable people, this is indeed a hopeless situation. They have to resort to not going into public spaces whenever there is a flare up. We've decided as a society that we were not going to care about them because masks are a pain.
@@Off_the_clock_astrophysicist I understand if you have comorbidities you should be extra careful. In fact, the proper response by our governments should have been ONLY to support those people and let everyone else continue with their lives. 95% of deaths are comorbidities.
However, your point is everyone should bend over backwards for a few, many who are in that spot because of their own actions, obesity, type 2 diabetes, etc.. As this video and the evidence supports masking does very little to help but masking does limit breathing and bad for mouth biome (not healthy), there are social issues (not seeing someone's face) and is bad for children (developmental problems). I guess you don't mind sacrificing some people?
@@outofcompliance1639 If you go to Church on Sunday with any regularity whatsoever, you willfully bend over backwards for the greatest minority possible- one person! Point is, the act of putting one’s faith in one God and one Son leads to faith in what follows quite naturally: the Holy Spirit, or, as it is called today/secularly: empathy /compassion for others, especially the weak and infirm.
Did you know that Christians were a problem for the Romans in the centuries of the early common era because they championed the rights of the infirm to be treated and be given care and support? They founded the very ethics that carried over into what would become modern medicine well over a millennium later. You need not be Orthodox or Catholic/etc. for this to be sensible- a heart alone will suffice!
Where l live in Canada masks are done. Lots of people still wear them. I do not. But my well vaxed family brought me Covid. *I lost my sense of taste and smell and experienced a strange sense of euphoria.* We are all over it now. I guess that gives me immunity the easier way.
Is the current lack of randomized published clinical trials always been the case or were typically more done with past pandemics such as SARS ? Thanks as always for the informative video !
Plenty done on flu google “masks don’t work”. There is a list of the studies posted.
Compared to what?
@@slofty Amount of trials performed by government agencies during The SARS outbreak of 2003
@@patricsteele what trials? Curious what I should be looking for here.
@@slofty mask trials
Thank you for such a balanced video. We need more of this! This is the way to build trust!
Thanks for continuing to point out the data.
We don't need any masking studies. Just believe whatever the government tells ya & you'll be fine.🤔😳🤣
It should always be a personal choice to wear a mask or not. There are situations where I choose to mask & others where I don't.
I can always count on Dr. Moran for factual medical information. 🥰✌💕🙏
just blow cigar smoke into someones face with these mask on . their nose will tell you if it works... lol, follow the science
We should be looking more into UVC 254nm and 222nm, especially in HVAC. We could cut down infections drastically. ......Needless to say, more research and studies are needed..... Any thoughts?
This is important research. In my home and at my office I do have a UV light attached to my ventilation system. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200917105345.htm
The other potential treatment are compounds like povidone which in a very small study in Augusta Georgia that was randomized seemed to reduce progression to severe disease. Povidone is what surgeons can use to sterilize a surgical field in ear nose and throat surgery.
Great video as usual Dr. Moran. Couple of questions thought about mask wearing on airplanes… I’ve heard that commercial airplanes use Hepa filtration onboard during flights…. If so, would that help reduce Covid-19 transmission onboard during flights? Also, at the start of Covid-19 it seemed like passengers were required to test negative prior to boarding airplanes. Wouldn’t this also help reduce Covid-19 transmission as well? I wish that more accurate studies were completed using KN94 masks 😷 to determine their effectiveness against Covid-19.
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Thank you, Dr. Moran
Another interesting and informative presentation. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for sharing 🙏
Welcome 😊
Too bad we have not seen any studies on masking follow through to what really counts - does it help reduce severity. Are you better off getting half a dose of something that can hurt you rather than the full dose? Severity of decrease is the only reason we are still talking about covid - less important now with omicron but this question should be studied while we still have some interest to do so.
Dr. Moran, thank you again for your usual excellent presentation using hard data and well researched statistics. I saw and liked your March video titled: "Flu More Deadly Than COVID?" and have been subscribed for many months. I look forward to your voice of reason always.
I am done with COVID. But bring back the cats please!
i second the cats!! lol
I wore a cloth mask when required until recently and had no problem wearing one. However, since I'm vaccinated, boosted and caught covid back in March with minimal symptoms there just seems no point now. I have hybrid immunity meaning I am extremely unlikely to catch covid again for at least several months (barring some new variant) and if I can't catch it, I will have nothing to spread to anyone else. I'll probably keep them handy though as they were great at reducing my hay fever symptoms while I was cutting my grass.
Are high filtration masks still beneficial without eye protection?
Yes, if they fit properly and are regularly changed. The vast majority of infections are via the nose where the virus particles can be sucked in, and where there is a high concentration of ACE2 receptors, and a direct pathway to the lungs (though with Omicron being more of an upper respiratory infection, this may be less significant).
Agreed. Thanks for the insights.
My pleasure!
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Any studies showing side effects of wearing the same mask for many hours at a time?
Surgeons wear them ALL DAY for decades of their careers. Why don’t you ask them if they have problems? Like mechanics, those with more hands-on experience are the people to talk to. It gets straight to the point.
@@slofty My dad was a general surgeon. Since he passed away many years ago, I never got to ask him about his masks, which were mostly cloth with ties. But most of his operations lasted a few hours at most, and the masks were sterile, not touched or lowered and lifted (if so, they would be replaced). Plus, the masks were never mean to be virus-proof, just to prevent the medical people from inadvertently exhaling/spitting into the patient's open cavity, and to stop patient's bodily fluids from splashing into the medical peoples' faces. At any rate, as I said the masks cannot filter viruses, which is the reason many people will give for continuing to wear them. That is fine, as long as it's voluntary.
@@kelseymathias3881 You asked about 'side effects', now you are going on about pt protection that I wasn't even talking about to begin with. Surg. masks have not been cloth for decades. Hit up some surgeons with decades of experience since the early 90s and report back any 'side effects' that they talk about directly. Make and post a video showing the veracity if such a things exists, which I doubt since these people average >$280k/yr so you think they'll tolerate working with unsafe equipment?
Ask your question to the most appropriate crowd. Don't blow hot air shrouded with a thin layer of "neutral" plausible deniability like CCP trolls do (not saying you are one, hence why I said "like").
@@slofty Not a troll of any kind; wear a mask if you think it will keep you healthy. Best wishes.
@@kelseymathias3881 Can you tell me why you are preoccupied with “studies showing side effects”?
Thank you sir for sifting through the data rhetoric and giving us the honest truth.
@@lh98 corruption or not, that won’t make a difference in studying the spread which was done Americans.
The only way to end it is to vote against it.
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@@mballer 👍♥️
Haven't worn one yet
excellent content as usual.
Much appreciated!
awesome honest doctor..thk you 👏
At 09:27 you say "Now the one thing we do know is that there is some harm in mask mandates when it comes to children. We're starting to see multiple studies now, in children who have been masked in terms of their early personal, emotional and social developmental milestones." Please could you share some links to those studies ? I notice that you omitted to do this.
Good info. Your new mic is not very good.
I don't like it and I won't be using it again. I have played around with all the mike settings as well as the audio settings in my video editor. It doesn't work well in the 2 locations I typically film in.
During a meteor shower the odds of being killed by a meteorite increase but only minutely. I feel the same about covid, the change in significance between masked for social acceptance and unmasked for personal freedom seems minute.
Check the number of people killed by terrorist attacks vs those killed by covid. I certainly NEVER ONCE saw or heard about a right-winger protesting the patriot act. I have never seen a convoy at the lead-up driveway to an airport against tsa practices. When that happened decades ago you guys happily gave up freedoms shouting ‘murica! and even put stickers on your trucks about it.
But non-permanent restrictions? That’ll make ‘men’ freak out and shriek like hysterical women. Not very sexy, says this here broad (and many others).
@@slofty This specific unhappy conservative and millions of others protested then and now about the so-called Patriot Act. It has become one of the most heinous usurpations of human rights in the US and possibly the world.
Concerning sexy. if masks turn you on, our unprocreated offspring will thank us for never having met. My natural immune system's strength is a genetic advantage, not a handicap. In the past several years I've worn a mask for probably less than a week total, have had no placebo shots and zero covid. If that is freak out, so be it.
can You please codify the 2 missing replies
“Study finds plastics found in masks present in patients’ lungs
The study from Great Britain discovered microplastic particles in the lung tissue of 11 out of 13 patients undergoing surgery.”-4/17/22
Micro plastics are in everything and have been a problem for a few years now. Attempting to link that to mask use is just silly.
@@dorkangel1076
If 2 out of 13 were free of plastic that could be a very easy thing to track.
Why don’t surgeons who wear them ALL day nearly every day for decades have problems as a cohort then?
@@mballer The problem is you can't screen out micro-plastics from other sources as they are everywhere and you've no idea how long the plastic has been in the lungs anyway (plastic can take years to break down). They are even in the food chain now. They've been reported inside lungs since before the pandemic and in lung samples from as far back as 1998. The study (assuming it's the one from the University of Hull which came out recently) doesn't mention masks and the most common plastic of the 12 types found isn't the same type that is used to make N95 or surgical masks. I call BS on his hand-written unverified quote.
“What we are breathing through our mouth and nose is actually hazardous waste': Scientists find evidence of toxic chemicals in some face masks”-4/1/21
“ * EXCLUSIVE: Preliminary analysis found toxic chemicals in some masks
* These include known allergens and carcinogens as well as controlled substances
* Masks intended for use by the general public are not deemed to be PPE
* Therefore, they do not have to meet the standards of masks worn by doctors
* 85% of all masks made worldwide come from China and concerns have been raised over substandard manufacturing and opaque supply chains “
Unfortunately, because we occasionally have cases of COVID show up in our school, we (students, staff) have been required to wear masks for the last three weeks. Mandates are still in place in certain circumstances in LA County.
Conclusion: Mask wearing in the real world by imperfect, untrained people has little to no effect on viral transmission.
Viruses are meant to be transmitted
Get healthy
Nothing in life is 100% effective. Perhaps an effort to educate the general public on how to properly make, wash, handle and don a mask would produce more positive results due to the fact that SARS-CoV-2 is a disease that is spread by respiratory droplets. Throwing out the baby with the bath water is never a good idea.
@@greenbeans575 Your comment; "how to properly make...a mask" is intriguing. Are you suggesting that cloth masks can be effective in preventing COVID transmission?
Have you read the recent literature on the effectiveness of cloth masks?
@@earlgreystoke3324 Yes, I am definitely suggesting that cloth masks do offer some protection against Covid transmission. One thing rarely discussed is the innoculum (number of viral particles at time of exposure that determines severity of illness). Additionally, for every article or "study" you may find that has determined that masks do no good, there will be even more that suggest that they do protect. This is probably due to people who might sway the data to support their pre-determined outcome. BTW, masks have been used since the fourteenth century for protection against respiratory illnesses as we knew about droplet transmission since that time.
Be well!
@@earlgreystoke3324 P.S. You know the old saying "cover your cough"? Well that is not an effort to contain 100% of the viral particles that would be sprayed across the room & beyond (sneezes can project up to 17 feet!). That is so that many of the larger particles..you know, the particles that contain millions of viral copies.. will either hit your hand/arm/sleeve or be knocked to the floor. Mother's, don't let your children crawl all over the grocery store floors. TY. Oh...and wash your hands after you sneeze or blow your nose. You're welcome.
What gets me how do you prove the effects would of been better or worst. both my parents got covid in a skilled nursing. Everyone is masked and tested to be in the building.
Thank you.
Addenbrooks Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
You're a good person!
It will end when people stop eating the bs. It stopped for me a year and a half ago
Isaiah 25:7
And He will destroy on this mount the shroud That is drawn over the faces of all the peoples And the covering that is spread Over all the nations
Post the passages about incest.
when my partner had cancer treatment his oncologist never mentioned mask wearing just stay away from hospitals and shopping centres.
Just an update. VRBPAC has scheduled Novavax’s vaccine discussion on June 7th, I think a day before the discussion regarding Moderna and Pfizer/Bioentech.
Recommend all you want, just don't mandate.
I never wore one unless forced to by my job. I finally caught covid Christmas 2021 and I'll say this, I'd rather catch covid than have a bacterial sinus infection.
Masking on airplanes ended Oct. 1st 2022. Masks still required to see family doctor in SK, Canada.
I hope the government pushes mandates right to the midterm elections. What they'll actually do is drop mandates for summer and take credit for defeating covid. Vote out all incumbents.
Myself kids and wife all had covid
Wife had it the worst
Kids and I only had head aches
Wife was able to stay home didn't need hospital
Have not any issues since
It’s no more simple than fit. If your mask doesn’t seal it doesn’t filter.
How come Dr. Moran doesn't charge the CDC or NIH?
Pilots and flight attendant groups are suing the CDC.
How would a Canadian do that?
thanks again doc. i still can't believe you aint been kicked off of yt.
My pleasure. Nothing I say in my videos is false. Unfortunately, I have been reported several times simply because some people don't like hearing the truth. When you read medical research you have to leave all your biases at the door. Studies often go against what you might think. There have been numerous medical reversals on medications and devices that have previously been approved.
@@MedicinewithDrMoran there ya go sounding like a real scientist/doctor again. are you tryin to get kicked off yt? lol.
@@MedicinewithDrMoran I'm an older 69 age black woman in the USA. I am relatively healthy not on medication and come from a family rife with comorbidities. I started taking vitamins d and turmeric.. I'm sure I have natural immunity. I was socially ostracized two years... not allowed to travel... Then instead of speaking about natural immunity they started talking about previously infected... So that the general population could not follow the narrative. Biden threatened us and called this the pandemic of the unvaxxed. This has not been good... Thank you and a few other honest doctors for making us feel sane.... unlike Anthony... the soyence... Fauci.
I have been masked for 2 years, only eaten out outside, been extremely cautious and have been exposed to covid but have been masked. Went on a cruise 2 weeks ago first time took mask off and relaxed. Both my husband and I caught covid!
Good, now you free
@@autopeep24 No, masks work, going to stay masked.
Is that a cruise where everyone on board had to be 'fully jabbed' and tested prior to boarding?
@@catwoman7462 yes, celebrity
@@taffyalusa4642 There have been a few supposedly 'covid safe' cruises where there have been covid outbreaks. It's all nonsense. At least now you won't need to line up for any further jabs as you now have natural immunity.
The mandates sure are a cluster *something* alright.
Nothing can stop Omicron
From a Moran to another thank you.
Masks do not work period unless you use an N95 which only last max 4 hours other than than a weapons grade gas mask
4:14 - I want to insert a, "but nooooo.....they didn't do these experiments and now people only have the perverbial yeah huh/nuh uh arguments."
End? Never started with me and I’ll never wear them. Period. Same with my family.
Great. When you're in the ER getting your appendix out make sure to tell the surgeon and the staff to take theirs off.
Choking air damage whole body systems permanently deprivation of air intake as well as out flow naturally is more harmful
Doctors refusing to call out the mask fiasco should be broken and unemployed.
People need to get some nuts and perhaps even put their faith to the test.
Tell that to the bible thumping preachers that are dead now
No body was "respectful" of my choice NOT TO WEAR A MASK!!!
At a Minimum, I believe they deserve the cold stares, snickering and disapproving head shakes!!, Nothing that can be called aggressive or intimidating, Rude, maybe, still much less harassing than we were treated not wearing a mask, so.....🤷♀️
Besides, there's no law against being rude!!😤
There are two main reasons masks mandate can fail. 1) Masks don't do anything and 2) People are not wearing the masks properly or not at all. A mandate that allows people to not wear their masks is not a mask mandate. I saw someone compare such "mandates" to a submarine going down below the surface with 2 out of 3 door closed. Did the submarine sink because submarine doors fail to keep the water out, or because one has to close all the doors? Before one can start to make claim about submarine doors not being effective at keeping the water out, one would first need to check whether the said doors get shut properly in the first place. I think in the vast majority of cases, the doors were not being shut properly.
Another thing that got us into trouble with this pandemic is the fact that we have been discounting observational studies altogether. Yes, there are confounding variables. But at some point, we have to believe our eyes. I wish I could find a link, but one study looked at mask use in East Asia and how they controlled the pandemic. One cannot deny that until Omicron came along, masking was very effective in those countries. They are an example of what happens when people follow the mandate. They would never think of not covering their nose and mouth, and they were diligent about following the mandate (complete compliance).
In South-Korea, people lived relatively normal lives until earlier this year, when Omicron hit. They were quite horrified to see their daily deaths rise to what we'd been having for months in the US. They made it to February of this year with under 6,000 cumulative deaths, and will likely have 20,000 when this is all said and done. 20,000. For a population of over 51 millions.
There is not the shadow of a doubt in my mind that masks (when worn and properly so) were highly effective for most of the pandemic. I am more doubtful when it comes to the more transmissible versions we've had recently. It may be that medical grade, fitted K95 masks are now required. And since we've thrown out the window the idea that masks protect others as well as the wearer, it's even more difficult now. It's a good thing that covid is now less virulent, the majority of people carry at least some degree of immunity and that treatments (at least in the US) are more readily available.
While most of us are partying, the vulnerable among us are under a lot of stress and more restricted in what they can do than before. No-one talks about the horror some on the plane must have felt when masks came off and people cheered. They could have waited until they landed and vulnerable people got the chance to remove themselves from the situation before allowing people to take their masks off. Out of sheer caring and courtesy.
Do what you like. Wear a mask if you believe it protects you. Just don't force everyone else to join in your belief system. And don't try to guilt people into it either. BTW, who are all these "vulnerable", and how did they manage before Covid, when colds and flu were about?
@@originalkk882 I see that question a lot (what did vulnerable people do pre-pandemic). On it's face it's a dumb question, as we all know the answer. We've lost loved ones to covid or know people who have. We know people who went to the hospital because of it. We have friends, colleagues and acquaintances who are suffering from long covid. The freaky part is, they are not dissimilar to ourselves. We wonder why it hit them and not us, or will it the next time we catch covid? Some of us won't admit that this is in the back of our minds, but it's there. And so we feel the need to ignore the problem. And in the process, we must make some people disappear.
What also makes us uncomfortable is that the situation we are in today, where we live in a world where covid is here to stay, was preventable. As a nation, we did not use the 2 months of warning we had to stock up on PPE. Once we had the PPE we refused to use it. Once we had the vaccines we refused to get vaccinated.
And so some people must disappear.
I wear a surgical mask tied at the cheeks for a tighter fit. I feel like I am being smothered when I wear a KN95 mask.
It has ended for me. I refuse to wear a face diaper.
Get a free N-95 mask at the front door of Walmart and play it safe.
I'm unvaccinated,most vaccinated people I know got sick 🤔
Not as long as you live in Canada. It must STOP
I do not mind wearing masks. Wearing a think mask (with a plastic support underneath) is very comfortable. It can protect me from dust, unwanted moist etc. Honestly I sometime wear masks to sleep in cold weather.
Lol
It is important to notice that we still don't know if surgical masks work to protect against being infected with covid (seems to be low in the studies) but also if the viral charge when infected is lower and that translate to less serious disease.
Masks are a cheap and easy to do measure, it is just a slight discomfort, and that is why generally is better to opt for the safer option and use masks. It is still something that need to be continually researched without any kind of stigma as long as the research is not done in malicious (designed from scratch to be more likely to show an intended result).
Of course, it is still important to be critical about it and not use it when it can affect the person more than usual (young children or people with mental health conditions) or when the discomfort highly increase (ie. Doing vigorous exercise).
Unfortunately some will wear a mask forever
I'll wait for medical staff to abandon masks in the operating theatre before I stop wearing mine.
Masks ain't new:
1870 John Tindall, Director of the Royal Institution, advised that physicians wear 'cotton wool respirators' to combat contagion.
(Invented a better fireman's respirator, a hood that filtered smoke and noxious gas from air (1871, 1874)
That is primarily to reduce bacterial infection while the patient's body is cut open and vulnerable. Viruses are so much smaller than bacteria. It is why surgical patients are given antibiotics after surgery. It is for potential bacteria which can be stopped by masks. Look at the size of the pores in the masks compared with the size of viruses.
@@fionaballard8394 Then why haven't ALL nursing staff in hospital abandoned masks including non OP staff? The experience of Addenbrooks Hospital and good quality mask wearing cannot be refuted. It eliminated virtually ALL in-hospital Covid VIRUS infections!!!
You do know that surgeon's wear masks to prevent their bodily fluids getting into open wounds?
@@originalkk882 And everyone in Addenbrooks Hospital in Cambridge wear FFP3 which pretty much prevents in-hospital virus infections!
It is interesting how so many people are trying their best to convince themselves and others that masks are useless, most likely because they're tired of wearing them. Their attempts to make mask wearers feel foolish fall on deaf ears to those of us who realize that they do offer some protection (especially if everyone would wear them!) and that the next variant is just around the corner. Selfish Americans:
"muh freedumbs"