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Sweden’s Top Epidemiologist Says Just Wearing Face Masks Could Be
‘Very Dangerous’

  "Face masks can be a complement to other things"
  By  [7]Joseph Curl
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  Aug 19, 2020   DailyWire.com
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  Father with surgical face mask, is putting a hand made protective face
  mask on his little daughter for the COVID-19 pandemic. Morsa Images /
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  Sweden’s top infectious disease expert warns that believing face masks
  will stem the spread of COVID-19 is “very dangerous.”

  Anders Tegnell, chief epidemiologist at Sweden’s Public Health Agency —
  basically the equivalent of U.S. Dr. Anthony Fauci, an immunologist and
  director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  who serves on the White House Coronavirus Task Force — says there’s no
  proof masks actually limit the spread of the virus.

  “It is very dangerous to believe face masks would change the game when
  it comes to COVID-19,” Tengell said, [8]according to the Financial
  Times. “Face masks can be a complement to other things when other
  things are safely in place,” he said. “But to start with having face
  masks and then think you can crowd your buses or your shopping malls —
  that’s definitely a mistake.”

  But the U.S. Centers for Disease Control And Prevention (CDC) [9]says
  just the opposite.

  “COVID-19 spreads mainly from person to person through respiratory
  droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, talks, or
  raises their voice (e.g., while shouting, chanting, or singing). These
  droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or
  possibly be inhaled into the lungs. Recent studies show that a
  significant portion of individuals with COVID-19 lack symptoms (are
  ‘asymptomatic’) and that even those who eventually develop symptoms
  (are ‘pre-symptomatic’) can transmit the virus to others before showing
  symptoms,” says the CDC.

  “To reduce the spread of COVID-19, CDC recommends that people wear
  masks in public settings when around people outside of their household,
  especially when other social distancing measures are difficult to
  maintain.”

  Tegnell has long expressed doubt about the usefulness of masks. “With
  numbers diminishing very quickly in Sweden, we see no point in wearing
  a face mask in Sweden, not even on public transport,” Tegnell said last
  month, [10]according to Fortune. “That Sweden has come down to these
  levels is very promising,” Tegnell told reporters in Stockholm at the
  time. “The curves are going down and the curves for the seriously ill
  are beginning to approach zero.”

  The Swede’s top immunologist’s comments came after Holland’s top
  scientists, who have examined data and research about COVID-19,
  declared there is no clear evidence that wearing face masks helps stem
  the spread of the virus.

  “Face masks in public places are not necessary, based on all the
  current evidence,” said Coen Berends, spokesman for the National
  Institute for Public Health and the Environment. “There is no benefit
  and there may even be negative impact.”

  “Holland’s position is based on assessments by the Outbreak Management
  Team, a group of experts advising the government. It first ruled
  against masks in May and has re-evaluated the evidence several times,
  including again last week. It believes they detract from a clear
  three-pronged message that has kept deaths from coronavirus down to
  less than half the rate in Britain: wash hands regularly, maintain
  social distancing of 1.5 metres and stay at home if suffering any
  symptoms,” the Daily Mail [11]reported.

  “‘The evidence for [masks] is contradictory,” Christian Hoebe, a
  professor of infectious diseases in Maastricht and member of the
  advisory team, told The Mail. “In general, we think you must be careful
  with face masks because they can give a false sense of security. People
  think they’re immune from disease or stop social distancing. That is
  very negative.”

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