Please be aware that the article that you quoted in your blog has been retracted by the editor of the journal of the National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine (NIH), for being misleading and inaccurate. You published the blog piece containing this excerpt before the retraction took place, so you would not have known about it at the time.
The excerpt from the article that you used (which was the conclusion):
"The existing scientific evidences challenge the safety and efficacy of wearing facemask as preventive intervention for COVID-19. The data suggest that both medical and non-medical facemasks are ineffective to block human-to-human transmission of viral and infectious disease such SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, supporting against the usage of facemasks. Wearing facemasks has been demonstrated to have substantial adverse physiological and psychological effects. These include hypoxia, hypercapnia, shortness of breath, increased acidity and toxicity, activation of fear and stress response, rise in stress hormones, immunosuppression, fatigue, headaches, decline in cognitive performance, predisposition for viral and infectious illnesses, chronic stress, anxiety and depression. Long-term consequences of wearing facemask can cause health deterioration, developing and progression of chronic diseases and premature death. Governments, policy makers and health organizations should utilize prosper and scientific evidence-based approach with respect to wearing facemasks, when the latter is considered as preventive intervention for public health."
You forgot to add the part below, which was the following sentence in the excerpt you used. I wonder why? IMHO, it is the ONLY part of the article that is TRULY correct.
"Governments, policy makers and health organizations should utilize prosper and scientific evidence-based approach with respect to wearing facemasks, when the latter is considered as preventive intervention for public health."
Since the article has been retracted due to inaccuracies, unverified information, and fake credentials used by the author, you should remove all article excerpts from your post. The reasons for the retraction are cited by the Editor-in-Chief below.
"Med Hypotheses. 2021 Jul; 152: 110601.
Published online 2021 May 12. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2021.110601
PMCID: PMC8114149
PMID: 33992504
Retraction notice to "Facemasks in the COVID-19 era: A health hypothesis" [Medical Hypotheses 146 (2021) 5]
Baruch Vainshelboim
This retracts the article "Facemasks in the COVID-19 era: A health hypothesis" in Med Hypotheses, volume 146 on page 110411.
This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief.
Medical Hypotheses serves as a forum for innovative and often disruptive ideas in medicine and related biomedical sciences. However, our strict editorial policy is that we do not publish misleading or inaccurate citations to advance any hypotheses.
The Editorial Committee concluded that the author's hypothesis is misleading on the following basis:
1. A broader review of existing scientific evidence clearly shows that approved masks with correct certification, and worn in compliance with guidelines, are an effective prevention of COVID-19 transmission.
2. The manuscript misquotes and selectively cites published papers. References #16, 17, 25 and 26 are all misquoted.
3. Table 1. Physiological and Psychological Effects of Wearing Facemask and Their Potential Health Consequences, generated by the author. All data in the table is unverified, and there are several speculative statements.
4. The author submitted that he is currently affiliated to Stanford University, and VA Palo Alto Health Care System. However, both institutions have confirmed that Dr Vainshelboim ended his connection with them in 2016.
A subsequent internal investigation by the Editor-in-Chief and the Publisher have determined that this article was externally peer reviewed but not with our customary standards of rigor prior to publication. The journal has re-designed its editorial and review workflow to ensure that this will not happen again in future.
The Editor-in-Chief and the Publisher would like to apologize to the readers of The Journal for difficulties this issue has caused.
Please be aware that the article that you quoted in your blog has been retracted by the editor of the journal of the National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine (NIH), for being misleading and inaccurate. You published the blog piece containing this excerpt before the retraction took place, so you would not have known about it at the time.
The excerpt from the article that you used (which was the conclusion):
"The existing scientific evidences challenge the safety and efficacy of wearing facemask as preventive intervention for COVID-19. The data suggest that both medical and non-medical facemasks are ineffective to block human-to-human transmission of viral and infectious disease such SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, supporting against the usage of facemasks. Wearing facemasks has been demonstrated to have substantial adverse physiological and psychological effects. These include hypoxia, hypercapnia, shortness of breath, increased acidity and toxicity, activation of fear and stress response, rise in stress hormones, immunosuppression, fatigue, headaches, decline in cognitive performance, predisposition for viral and infectious illnesses, chronic stress, anxiety and depression. Long-term consequences of wearing facemask can cause health deterioration, developing and progression of chronic diseases and premature death. Governments, policy makers and health organizations should utilize prosper and scientific evidence-based approach with respect to wearing facemasks, when the latter is considered as preventive intervention for public health."
You forgot to add the part below, which was the following sentence in the excerpt you used. I wonder why? IMHO, it is the ONLY part of the article that is TRULY correct.
"Governments, policy makers and health organizations should utilize prosper and scientific evidence-based approach with respect to wearing facemasks, when the latter is considered as preventive intervention for public health."
The source is here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7680614/
Since the article has been retracted due to inaccuracies, unverified information, and fake credentials used by the author, you should remove all article excerpts from your post. The reasons for the retraction are cited by the Editor-in-Chief below.
"Med Hypotheses. 2021 Jul; 152: 110601.
Published online 2021 May 12. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2021.110601
PMCID: PMC8114149
PMID: 33992504
Retraction notice to "Facemasks in the COVID-19 era: A health hypothesis" [Medical Hypotheses 146 (2021) 5]
Baruch Vainshelboim
This retracts the article "Facemasks in the COVID-19 era: A health hypothesis" in Med Hypotheses, volume 146 on page 110411.
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal).
This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief.
Medical Hypotheses serves as a forum for innovative and often disruptive ideas in medicine and related biomedical sciences. However, our strict editorial policy is that we do not publish misleading or inaccurate citations to advance any hypotheses.
The Editorial Committee concluded that the author's hypothesis is misleading on the following basis:
1. A broader review of existing scientific evidence clearly shows that approved masks with correct certification, and worn in compliance with guidelines, are an effective prevention of COVID-19 transmission.
2. The manuscript misquotes and selectively cites published papers. References #16, 17, 25 and 26 are all misquoted.
3. Table 1. Physiological and Psychological Effects of Wearing Facemask and Their Potential Health Consequences, generated by the author. All data in the table is unverified, and there are several speculative statements.
4. The author submitted that he is currently affiliated to Stanford University, and VA Palo Alto Health Care System. However, both institutions have confirmed that Dr Vainshelboim ended his connection with them in 2016.
A subsequent internal investigation by the Editor-in-Chief and the Publisher have determined that this article was externally peer reviewed but not with our customary standards of rigor prior to publication. The journal has re-designed its editorial and review workflow to ensure that this will not happen again in future.
The Editor-in-Chief and the Publisher would like to apologize to the readers of The Journal for difficulties this issue has caused.
The source is here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8114149/
You really should source all of your claims for obvious reasons. When you don't, it appears as if you are hiding something.