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Health Expert: Masks Help Coronavirus Enter the Brain

Summary by Dr. Joseph Mercola
  • May 18, 2020

To wear a mask or not is one of the hottest questions in connection with protecting yourself and others from coronavirus. But is it safe to the wearer? A retired neurosurgeon says no because if you’re harboring a virus of any sort, a mask won’t allow those exhaled viruses to escape. Instead, a mask simply concentrates those existing viruses and circulates them within your nasal passages, allowing them possible passage to the brain. Besides, the neurosurgeon says, several studies...