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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023_03_07 SSchumacher_MaskingFrom:Stephen Schumacher To:jeffbocc; Board of Health; Board of Health; Jefferson County Public Hospital Commissioners; Jefferson CountyPublic Hospital Commissioners; Jefferson County Public Hospital Commissioners; Kees Kolff; Jefferson CountyPublic Hospital Commissioners; Jefferson County Public Utility District Commissioners; Jefferson County PublicUtility District Commissioners; Jefferson County Public Utility District Commissioners; Port Townsend City Council;Food Co-op Board Cc:news@ptleader.com; news@peninsuladailynews.com; editor@PortTownsendFreePress.com Subject:John Hopkins Prof. Makary: Health officers putting out misinformation despite "overwhelmingly" strong evidenceagainst their mask claims, ignoring that covering kids" faces did "nothing" to reduce transmission Date:Tuesday, March 7, 2023 12:42:45 AM ________________________________ ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on linksif you are not expecting them.________________________________ https://media.avcaptureall.cloud/meeting/3a2087e6-1149-4c49-be31-0e736e788c16[at 59:30] Health Officer Berry mistakenly told the BoCC and her KPTZ audiencethis March 6 morning that: "It's unfortunate that Cochrane evenpublished that [mask] study knowing its limitations because it's beenmisused, since that happened. Unfortunately, one of the authors inthat group did go on to write an opinion piece in the New York Times,but was also circulated widely among folks who were anti mask inwhich he did make a lot of policy pronouncements that weren't backedup by his own data, which is unfortunately not new for thisgentleman. He's also written a lot of, he's written several articlesarguing that global warming isn't real." To the contrary, Cochrane study lead author Dr. Tom Jefferson neverwrote any opinion piece for the New York Times, instead hisgold-standard mask study was the subject of that piece. Berry"shoots the messenger" by attacking a New York Times columnist whomshe confuses with British researcher Jefferson.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/opinion/do-mask-mandates-work.htmlhttps://dailysceptic.org/2023/02/06/dr-carl-heneghan-interviews-dr-tom-jefferson-about-his-major-new-study- showing-masks-have-no-clear-effect/ === John Hopkins Professor Dr. Marty Makary on the Cochrane Meta-Study Finding No Mask Effectiveness === https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-covid-mask-controversy-could-have-been-answered-two-and-a-half-years-ago-dr-marty-makary/ar-AA18gedA The COVID mask controversy could have been answered two and a half years ago: Dr. Marty Makary by Kira Mautone for MSN, 3/6/23 A major controversy throughout the pandemic was surrounding theefficacy of face masks against the spread of COVID-19. However, arecent study supports that masks may have done little, if anything atall, to stop the spread of the virus. The study published by Cochrane Library, "Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses," where esteemed researchers dug into the impact of physical interventions, like masks and hand washing, on the spread of COVID. Dr. Marty Makary joined"<https://www.foxnews.com/shows/sunday-night-in-america-with-trey-gowdy>Sunday Night in America" to address this recent study and the vacillation onthe<https://www.foxnews.com/health/surgical-masks-reduce-covid-19-spread-study>effectiveness of masks since the start of the pandemic. "You have to look, I would love to think that masks did something.But the reality is you've got to listen to the data," Makary saidabout the study. "This review looked at 65 studies from 19 countries,including the best randomized controlled trials out there. You can'tignore this study. It was done by an organization that's consideredthe highest evidence based body in all of medicine, and they set thestandards in medicine." Makary discussed how the researchers found that on a populationlevel, the trajectory of COVID<https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-city-strongly-urges-masks-high-levels-covid-flu-rsv>transmission did not change. "Now, look, if you get two people in a room with high quality masks,sure, it can reduce the transmission. But the reality is this is aubiquitous virus that was nearly inevitable. It is highly contagious.You can't wear a mask consistently that long and not get the virus,"Makary said, making the point that having kids faces covered by masksdid "nothing" to reduce transmission. Dr. Makary highlights how health officials had the "wrong hypothesis"when it<https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-he-a-believer-in-masks-but-stops-short-of-national-mandate-in-coronavirus-fight>came to protocols, and continued to dig their heels in on implementedCOVID practices despite "overwhelmingly" strong evidence against their claims. "What public health officials did is they hedged on the wrong side ofthe issue. They had the wrong hypothesis. And when overwhelminglystrong evidence came out time after time, 65 studies on masks, 160studies on natural immunity. Study after study, they didn't evolvetheir position. They dug in," Makary said, who went on to say thatthese health officials were "intellectually dishonest." "And at that point you're basically putting out misinformation," hesaid, explaining how the studies coming out of Sweden of schools thatwere masked vs. unmasked had "no difference" in transmission. "If Dr. Fauci and all of those who pushed masks so fervently wouldhave simply done their own randomized control study with goodmethodology, they could have answered the controversy two and a halfyears ago, but they chose to rule by dogma rather than scientificdata," he added. --- stack up Prof. Makary's credentials compared to Berry's --- https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/martin-makary Martin Adel Makary, M.D., M.P.H. Martin Adel Makary, M.D., M.P.H.Chief, Islet Transplant SurgeryJohn Hopkins Professor of Surgery Background Dr. Marty Makary is a surgeon and public policy researcher at JohnsHopkins University. He writes for The Washington Post and The WallStreet Journal and is the author of two New York Times bestsellingbooks, Unaccountable and The Price We Pay. Dr. Makary served inleadership at the World Health Organization Patient Safety Programand has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Clinically, Dr. Makary is the chief of Islet Transplant Surgery atJohns Hopkins. He is the recipient of the Nobility in Science Awardfrom the National Pancreas Foundation and has been a visitingprofessor at over 25 medical schools. He has published over 250peer-reviewed scientific articles and has served as on severaleditorial boards. Dr. Makary is the recipient of the 2020 Business Book of the YearAward by the Association of Business Journalists for his most recentbook, The Price We Pay. It has been described by Don Berwick as "adeep dive into the real issues driving up the price of health care"and by Steve Forbes as "A must-read for every American". Dr. Makary serves as a professor at the Johns Hopkins School ofMedicine and a professor, by courtesy, at the Johns Hopkins CareyBusiness School. His current research focuses on the underlyingcauses of disease, public policy, health care costs, andrelationship-based medicine.