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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://blogs.mercola.com:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /><title>Can a Face Mask Protect You From Getting Sick?</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/01/28/can-a-face-mask-protect-you-from-getting-sick.aspx</link><description>Chances are you&amp;rsquo;ve heard about the coronavirus by now. If you have any travel planned, you may notice people in airports wearing face masks. You may even be wondering if you should hop on board and wear one as well. But how effective are they? Can</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>re: Can a Face Mask Protect You From Getting Sick?</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/01/28/can-a-face-mask-protect-you-from-getting-sick.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#979604</link><pubDate>1/28/2020 2:26:23 AM</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:979604</guid><dc:creator>mar6915</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I prefer a mask over a vaccine . Remember in 1976 &amp;nbsp;the swine flu? &amp;nbsp; The predicted pandemic never even happened.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Reflections on the 1976 vaccine program:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In January 1976, before the New Jersey outbreak, CDC had proposed legislation that would have compensated persons damaged as a result of immunization when it was licensed by FDA and administered in the manner recommended by ACIP. The rationale given was that immunization protects the community as well as the individual (a societal benefit) and that when a person participating in that societal benefit is damaged, society had a responsibility to that person. The proposal was sent back from a staff member in the Surgeon General&amp;#39;s office with a handwritten note, &amp;quot;This is not a problem.&amp;quot; vaccine.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291400/"&gt;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../PMC3291400&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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