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   KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Aug-2025 02:17:46 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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   @taylan @lain @EvolLove @bonifartius I'm afraid not.
   
   "limited evidence"
   https://www.cfp.ca/content/66/7/509
   
   "no significant effect"
   https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article
   
   "unlikely to be protective"
   https://swprs.org/face-masks-evidence/
   
   "failed to provide definitive evidence"
   https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0240287
   
   They also cause damage to our health and the planet:
   
   https://off-guardian.org/2020/11/06/face-masks-a-danger-to-our-planet-our-children-ourselves/
   
   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56972074
   
   https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/august/pandemic-face-masks-could-harm-wildlife-for-years-to-come.html
   
   I never confronted anyone who wore one, nor did I ever see anyone else do that. I was confronted by mask wearers and also saw this happen to other people. Wearing a mask was a choice and I believe that adults should be able to choose for themselves.
   The initial response was that they do not work, but this very quickly pivoted to compulsory behaviour. I believe that mask wearing was chosen as an easily identifiable marker of compliance.
   My views do not excuse the behaviour of the man in the news article you kindly sent to me and I totally condemn his actions and hope he is in prison for murder.
   
   The picture is from a box of such masks.