Madison Area Lyme Support Group

ABSTRACT

None of the available evaluations of the inhaled air carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentration, while wearing face masks, used professional, real-time capnography with water-removal tubing. We measured the end-tidal CO₂ using professional side-stream capnography, with water-removing tubing (Rad-97™ capnograph), at rest, (1) without masks, (2) wearing a surgical mask, and (3) wearing a FFP2 respirator, in 102 healthy volunteers aged 10-90 years, from the general population of Ferrara province, Italy. The inhaled air CO₂ concentration was then computed as: ((mask volume × end-tidal CO₂) + ((tidal volume – mask volume) × ambient air CO₂)) / tidal volume).

The mean CO₂ concentration was 4965±1047 ppm with surgical masks, and 9396±2254 ppm with FFP2 respirators. The proportion of the sample showing a CO₂ concentration higher than the 5000 ppm acceptable exposure threshold recommended for workers was 40.2% while wearing surgical masks and 99.0% while wearing FFP2 respirators

The mean blood oxygen saturation remained >96%, and the mean end-tidal CO₂ <33 mmHg. Adjusting for age, gender, BMI, and smoking, the inhaled air CO₂ concentration significantly increased with increasing respiratory rate (with a mean of 10,143±2782 ppm among the participants taking 18 or more breaths per minute, while wearing FFP2 respirators), and was higher among the minors, who showed a mean CO₂ concentration of 12,847±2898 ppm, while wearing FFP2 respirators. If these results will be confirmed, the current guidelines on mask-wearing could be updated to integrate recommendations for slow breathing and a more targeted use when contagion risk is low.

https://thehighwire.com/videos/new-science-shows-mask-harms/  Video Here  (Approx. 13 Min)

NEW SCIENCE SHOWS MASK HARMS

The mask insanity may have reached its peak this week when unmasked stage actress, Patti LuPone, unleashed a tirade on an audience member for letting her mask slide below her nose, despite the lack of studies from the CDC proving mask efficacy against the spread of Covid-19. In fact, a new study out of Italy concluded that wearing a mask increases levels of inhaled CO2.

A study called “Correlation Between Mask Compliance & COVID-19 Outcomes in Europe found:

• masks were unable to reduce COVID transmission 
• countries with high levels of mask usage did not perform better than those with low usage
• there was moderate positive correlation between mask usage and DEATHS

For more:

• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/05/03/correlation-between-mask-compliance-covid-19-outcomes-in-europe/  There was a statistically significant correlation between higher deaths in countries that locked down hard with vast mask usage and COVID deaths.
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/08/13/best-video-on-masks-yet-new-health-problems-emerging-from-continuous-mask-wearing-but-attempted-murder-charges-sought-for-those-who-refuse-them/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/11/20/danish-mask-study-finally-published-masks-dont-work/
• https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2764367/effectiveness-surgical-cotton-masks-blocking-sars-cov-2-controlled-comparison “In conclusion, both surgical and cotton masks seem to be ineffective in preventing the dissemination of SARS–CoV-2 from the coughs of patients with COVID-19 to the environment and external mask surface.”
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/06/18/lyme-tularemia-mycoplasma-other-bacteria-found-on-childrens-masks/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/01/13/parents-of-children-with-lyme-msids-take-note-nearly-70-of-children-impaired-by-masks-german-study-shows/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/11/03/is-it-time-for-full-time-mask-mandates/ All the research on masks listed here
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/10/08/medical-doctor-warns-that-bacterial-pneumonias-are-on-the-rise-from-mask-wearing/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/09/25/and-those-face-shields-they-dont-work-either/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/08/20/the-cdc-doesnt-bother-to-read-science/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/03/31/4-experts-on-covid-lockdowns-masks/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/09/20/coronavirus-cases-hospitalizations-soar-in-hawaii-since-indoor-and-outdoor-mask-mandates/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/11/12/fauci-states-covid-test-has-a-fatal-flaw-back-in-july-just-like-he-said-face-masks-were-useless-back-in-may/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/11/21/study-finds-contamination-risk-of-infection-from-masks/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/11/18/greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-an-unsuspecting-public-says-medical-specialist/

What nobody is touching with a 10-foot-pole is the 80 fold increase in mask-littering due to mask mandates and the impact on animal life as well as the environment.  But none of that matters in the topsy-turvy world of COVID.