Study Links Wearing Face Masks to Pregnancy Complications

Originally published April 24, 2023 4:01 pm PDT

Masks create a “dead space” trapping carbon dioxide, posing health risks.

QUICK FACTS:
  • A German study published in the journal Heliyon correlated face mask-wearing to pregnancy complications and stillbirth.
  • The correlation of face mask use with stillbirths comes as the number of stillbirths increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The study reviewed previous analyses of carbon dioxide exposure from face masks, concluding that greater levels of carbon dioxide are linked to a toxic environment.
  • While the study did not prove that face masks are the cause of stillbirths, the trapped carbon dioxide as a result of wearing the health apparatus may be threatening to the health of the unborn.
  • Scientists also discovered that those born during the pandemic have a “reduced verbal, motor, and overall cognitive performance of two full standard deviations in scores,” citing circumstantial evidence connected to mask-wearing.
FROM THE STUDY:
  • “A need exists to reconsider mask mandates,” the study reads.
  • After wearing a mask for more than five minutes, carbon dioxide levels increase between 1.4% and 3.2% of inhaled air.
  • Mammals studied for carbon dioxide exposure experienced “irreversible neuron damage in the offspring” after being exposed to 0.3% carbon dioxide.
  • The main premise linking carbon dioxide exposure to hindering the unborn’s development is the idea that “carbon dioxide is also known to play a role in oxidative stress,” preventing healthy growth.
  • In animals, carbon dioxide inhalation is linked to testicular toxicity if the concentration is above 0.5%.
  • While the study notes “other cultures have been wearing face masks long before COVID,” the researchers also say that “stillbirth rates have been significantly higher” in those countries, providing circumstantial evidence of the possible toxicity of carbon dioxide inhalation.
BACKGROUND:
  • American Faith reported that face masks made “little to no difference” in flu or COVID-19 infections.
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews published a study analyzing mask-wearing effectiveness against COVID, concluding that wearing N95/P2 respirators “probably makes little to no difference” in the number of people with infections.
  • The study was conducted by researchers from the U.K., Canada, Australia, Italy, and Saudi Arabia and sought to compare infection rates of those wearing surgical masks versus no masks.

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