Face masks make the disease worse, and have no impact on ocular infection risk
A mechanism by which facemasks contribute to the COVID-19 case fatality rate
Fögen, Zacharias MD∗ The Foegen effect, Medicine: February 18, 2022 – Volume 101 – Issue 7 – p e28924 doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000028924
Abstract: Extensive evidence in the literature supports the mandatory use of facemasks to reduce the infection rate of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). However, the effect of mask use on the disease course remains controversial. This study aimed to determine whether mandatory mask use influenced the case fatality rate in Kansas, USA between August 1st and October 15th 2020.
This study applied secondary data on case updates, mask mandates, and demographic status related to Kansas State, USA. A parallelization analysis based on county-level data was conducted on these data. Results were controlled by performing multiple sensitivity analyses and a negative control.
A parallelization analysis based on county-level data showed that in Kansas, counties with mask mandate had significantly higher case fatality rates than counties without mask mandate, with a risk ratio of 1.85 (95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 1.51–2.10) for COVID-19-related deaths. Even after adjusting for the number of “protected persons,” that is, the number of persons who were not infected in the mask-mandated group compared to the no-mask group, the risk ratio remained significantly high at 1.52 (95% CI: 1.24–1.72). By analyzing the excess mortality in Kansas, this study determines that over 95% of this effect can solely be attributed to COVID-19.
These findings suggest that mask use might pose a yet unknown threat to the user instead of protecting them, making mask mandates a debatable epidemiologic intervention.
The cause of this trend is explained herein using the “Foegen effect” theory; that is, deep re-inhalation of hypercondensed droplets or pure virions caught in facemasks as droplets can worsen prognosis and might be linked to long-term effects of COVID-19 infection. While the “Foegen effect” is proven in vivo in an animal model, further research is needed to fully understand it.
Shame on you for publishing this.
Huh? Couple things masks suckessfully achieved:
– let trips to the doctor for sinus and or flu symptoms
– hid the ugliness from many eyes
There u go. Does that make you FEEL better now?
Sheesh
Unreal I can’t believe that somebody is upset when somebody tells them the truth. All they need to do is go back and read what they discovered back with the Spanish Flu.
I am going to upset them even more because they need to go to BitChute and search for the following videos, The Sequel To The Fall Of The Cabal , I think it is Part 19 or Part 20 for the masks but this person needs to watch all 22 Parts in this series and if this article upsets them then just wait until they watch these videos and they learn the truth about what these videos tell them. And to really get their blood boiling they also need to watch all Ten Parts of The Fall of The Cabal . In fact anybody reading this needs to go watch all of these videos. These videos have a lot of information in them.
Don’t wear the masks more have died from wearing them then those that quit wearing them a year ago. You better be more concerned of the monoclonol infusions that were supposed to be the cure told you would need no more injections and they would rid you of the Covid and you would be healthy–that’s the biggest lie. With the infusions you are riddled with extremities that turn to stone, you walk like the zombies in the 70’s movies and are in constant pain you won’t get out at all unless it’s the places that have shopping carts and plenty of them. And the Walmarts need to put the benches back for the old and crippled seniors that need to sit down and wait for family.