How Masks Make You Sick Instead of Protecting You
Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked July 12, 2022
Using CDC data, no significant differences were found in COVID-19 case growth between
states with or without mask mandates, during periods of low or high transmission
The widespread use of masks did not reduce COVID-19 transmission in Europe, and a
moderate positive correlation was found between mask usage and deaths in Western
Europe
An update to a CDC study on school mask mandates, using nearly six times more data,
found no significant relationship between mask mandates in U.S. schools and COVID-19
case rates
In Kansas, counties with a mask mandate had significantly higher COVID-19 case fatality
rates than counties without a mask mandate
One way masks cause harm may be the “Foegen effect” — the idea that deep reinhalation of droplets and virions caught on facemasks might make COVID-19 infection
more likely or more severe
