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</description></item><item><title>re: Researchers Find High Bacterial, Fungal Counts in Face Masks</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2022/07/19/researchers-find-high-bacterial-fungal-counts-in-face-masks.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#1248912</link><pubDate>7/25/2022 5:53:51 PM</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1248912</guid><dc:creator>brianallen1</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hence the term &amp;quot;face diaper&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Researchers Find High Bacterial, Fungal Counts in Face Masks</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2022/07/19/researchers-find-high-bacterial-fungal-counts-in-face-masks.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#1247493</link><pubDate>7/20/2022 1:34:04 PM</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1247493</guid><dc:creator>Keythong</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;This was documented well over a year ago, and mask dangers should be common knowledge to PPE specialists! ---- All &amp;quot;contagion&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;viruses&amp;quot; are fiction, they were delusion, become criminal frauds, so no PPE was/is ever needed to protect against them, including unreliable, respiratory distress causing, worse than useless, fabric face masks. PPE was/is only ever needed for real hazards, all other use was/is delusion; this needs pointing out, then ruthlessly mocking! ---- When non-fine stuff, and/or liquids are a real threat, a face shield looks far more reliable and safer, including for eye and face protection. Medical staff could use them, as needed, and possibly avoid mistakes caused by respiratory distress, e.g. during surgery. ---- When fine particles and vapours are a real hazard, an industrial full or half face mask with mouth and nose shaped elastomer or hard shell, replaceable filter(s) with inhale vales, and breath exhale valves, look far safer and more reliable.&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Researchers Find High Bacterial, Fungal Counts in Face Masks</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2022/07/19/researchers-find-high-bacterial-fungal-counts-in-face-masks.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#1247486</link><pubDate>7/20/2022 1:09:48 PM</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1247486</guid><dc:creator>s.schummeroutlook.com</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Everyone with any sense would know the hazard of wearing masks. Since we&amp;#39;re being forced to do this my family has chosen to use dark colored cloth or foam type masks when necessary and spray the inside of the mask with a 1% solution of Lugol&amp;#39;s iodine &amp;amp; distilled water. Even after the mask dries the iodine will continue to kill pathogens that accumulate in the mask.&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Researchers Find High Bacterial, Fungal Counts in Face Masks</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2022/07/19/researchers-find-high-bacterial-fungal-counts-in-face-masks.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#1247462</link><pubDate>7/20/2022 11:13:16 AM</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1247462</guid><dc:creator>Jeremiah.8</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Were these out of the package or used. Seems like a huge omission.&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Researchers Find High Bacterial, Fungal Counts in Face Masks</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2022/07/19/researchers-find-high-bacterial-fungal-counts-in-face-masks.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#1247419</link><pubDate>7/20/2022 9:00:02 AM</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1247419</guid><dc:creator>ric5998</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Does anyone find it interesting they didn&amp;#39;t attempt to identify and measure the virus particles?&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Researchers Find High Bacterial, Fungal Counts in Face Masks</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2022/07/19/researchers-find-high-bacterial-fungal-counts-in-face-masks.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#1247342</link><pubDate>7/20/2022 5:00:45 AM</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1247342</guid><dc:creator>Randyfast</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It disturbs me, that people need a &amp;quot;study&amp;quot; to tell them this! I see the Lemmings exercising behind the ridiculous mask, coughing and sneezing into them...if I shake my head anymore - it&amp;#39;s going to come off!&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Researchers Find High Bacterial, Fungal Counts in Face Masks</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2022/07/19/researchers-find-high-bacterial-fungal-counts-in-face-masks.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#1247199</link><pubDate>7/19/2022 11:20:35 AM</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1247199</guid><dc:creator>mirandola</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Imagine this? An elementary school kid told me about sneezing mucus into their mask, and the school teacher forced them to wear that same mask, wet, all day! So really this should protect a person from getting sick, eh? Further, if the wearer becomes infected, naturally they will spread the disease. Protect yourself and others, wear masks? Inhaling CO2 is supposed to prevent lung and heart disease? Stupid people.&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Researchers Find High Bacterial, Fungal Counts in Face Masks</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2022/07/19/researchers-find-high-bacterial-fungal-counts-in-face-masks.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#1247180</link><pubDate>7/19/2022 10:11:12 AM</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1247180</guid><dc:creator>tallulah3</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;This doesn’t surprise me one bit&lt;/p&gt;
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