In 2014, as an Ebola outbreak began to propagate globally, I
researched the manufacturer's specifications for personal
protective equipment (PPE), N95 masks in particular, and the
nature of viral particles. At first, this was simple curiosity
borne of concern for myself, my family, my friends, as a leader of
a group, and my community at large.
But once I discovered that the CDC was advising health care
workers that an N95 mask was sufficient protection while
intubating an Ebola patient, I decided something had to be done.
Why? Because an N95 mask has a pore size of 300 nanometers,
whereas the Ebola viral particle is 80 nanometers, barely 1/4 the
size. So it would sail right through the mask. As one practicing
physician recently opined, it's like using a chain link fence to
stop a mosquito. Moreover, the CDC was issuing this guidance in
direct conflict with the results of its own sponsored research. As
weeks went by I succeeded in contacting those researchers, as well
as the television news editor of a Dallas affiliate of Fox News,
who herself had previously researched the malfeasance of the CDC
on other matters.
Right about that time, the CDC reversed itself
and issued more stringent guidance, so I didn't have to go to the
next step. Thankfully, too, the Ebola outbreak subsided.
So when this SARS-CoV-2 hysteria (which is exactly what it is, so
please stop referring to it as a "crisis" - language matters, a
lot) began to take hold, I wrote to my county mayor and to my
state governor on March 13, 2020, with links to the 3 articles I
published on that matter in 2014. I wrote to them to make them
aware that: 1. An N95 mask was not designed to protect against
particles smaller than 300nm (SARS-CoV-2 is 120nm, barely 1/3 the
size) and that, 2. The CDC cannot be trusted in many instances,
they have proven themselves less than impeccable as an objective
informational resource and are subject to political influences;
you have to cross check their recommendations with other sources.
As the irrational fear began to take further hold, and evidence
accumulated that the SARS-CoV-2 was only slightly more infectious,
and no more lethal, than seasonal influenza, on March 26, 2020 I
wrote to them once again, and advised them of that evidence. I
provided them with links to credible resources of those data.
They ignored it and, in the exact words of my county mayor's
reply to me:
"...until this is over I will continue to follow the
Executive Orders of our Governor and the guidelines of the
CDC."
Fine...except, he is in a position of power and, as such, can
issue mandates. In fact, our state Governor recently empowered the
county mayors to decide whether or not to issue mandates to wear
face masks in public. Fortunately, our county mayor has not done
so (yet), but many others in the state have. Instead, local
businesses have begun to do so, some of which are doing so across
the country.
I have a friend of many years who is a devout Christian. When I
recently opined that to wear a mask is doing the devil's work, she
replied that she wears one out of "consideration" of others. I
contend two things: 1. To do so, in the face of evidence that
wearing one to protect against a virus is pointless, is to engage
in a half-truth, a deception, the exact tactic of the devil and
that, furthermore, 2. It constantly reinforces the emotion of
irrational fear surrounding this virus, which, again, is proving
itself only slightly more infectious, and no more lethal than,
seasonal influenza.
Over the past couple months, I have concluded that this is a much
larger battle, it is no less than a war on truth - truth in both
senses of the word, practical and ecclesiastic.
While I consider myself more spiritual rather than religious,
here is an article on the belt of truth. I hope this helps you in
your battles, and I offer it in the spirit of love.
https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/how-is-the-belt-of-truth-part-of-my-spiritual-armor.html
~~Terry
