{"id":319935,"date":"2025-12-14T08:50:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T08:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=319935"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:21:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:21:24","slug":"the-evidence-is-clear-masks-dont-do-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=319935","title":{"rendered":"The Evidence is Clear: Masks Don\u2019t Do Anything."},"content":{"rendered":"

Kit Knightly \u2013 Off-Guardian Dec 13, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

We\u2019re being hit with the \u201cSuper Flu\u201d (allegedly), and that means everyone wants us to wear masks again<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We went over this (a lot) in 2020. Then we went over it again in 2023<\/a>. Masks don\u2019t work, they never worked, and \u2013 prior to 2020 \u2013 the academic literature was very<\/em> clear on this.<\/p>\n

In a 2016 literature review<\/a>, infection control expert Dr John Hardie found [emphasis added]:<\/p>\n

Between 2004 and 2016 at least a dozen research or review articles have been published on the inadequacies of face masks<\/strong>. All agree that the poor facial fit and limited filtration characteristics of face masks make them unable to prevent the wearer inhaling airborne particles<\/strong>. In their well-referenced 2011 article on respiratory protection for healthcare workers, Drs. Harriman and Brosseau conclude that, \u201cfacemasks will not protect against the inhalation of aerosols.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

[\u2026]<\/p>\n

Health care workers have long relied heavily on surgical masks to provide protection against influenza and other infections. Yet there are no convincing scientific data that support the effectiveness of masks for respiratory protection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

[\u2026]<\/p>\n

It should be concluded from these and similar studies that the filter material of face masks does not retain or filter out viruses<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why Face Masks Don\u2019t Work: A Revealing Review<\/a><\/p>\n

That study was removed from the website<\/a> of the Journal of Oral Health in July 2020<\/a>, because it was \u201cno longer relevant in our current climate\u201d<\/em>. Which is perfectly normal, I\u2019m sure.<\/p>\n

Another study, conducted in 2019 and published in May 2020, concluded:<\/p>\n

Disposable medical 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<\/strong> 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings\u2014Personal Protective and Environmental Measures<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2023, the Cochrane Report by Jefferson et al. found:<\/p>\n

Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of influenza\u2010like illness (ILI)\/COVID\u201019 like illness compared to not wearing masks [\u2026] Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of laboratory\u2010confirmed influenza\/SARS\u2010CoV\u20102 compared to not wearing masks\u2026<\/p>\n

Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses<\/a><\/p>\n

None of this is new information; we\u2019ve published it all before, but if they keep pitching the same lies, we\u2019ll just have to keep batting with the same facts.<\/p>\n

When it comes to preventing disease, masks are not effective. They never<\/em> worked. The science backs this up. This is neither an ideological position nor a moral position. It is simply a rational, fact-based position.<\/p>\n

Anyone saying otherwise is misinformed, ideologically captured, willfully dishonest or some combination of all three.<\/p>\n

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With the looming prospect (allegedly) of a \u201cSuper Flu\u201d pandemic, the same misinformation we heard during the Covid scare is being repeated. Foremost among these is that masks will protect us. Kit Knightly explains why this is a myth <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":237372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,105,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Commentary","category-coronavirus","category-Health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=319935"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319939,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319935\/revisions\/319939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/237372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=319935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=319935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=319935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}