Masks: do they work and should you wear them

A look at the futility of wearing masks to stop a virus.

Excessive CO2 in masked children article
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2781743

State governments warned against wearing masks to block forest fire smoke
https://www.theblaze.com/conservative-review/horowitz-government-openly-warned-universal-masking-wildfires-apply-virus

Comparison of states with mask mandates to states without mask mandates
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/03/mask_mandates_do_not_save_lives.html

Good summary of available data in easy to read article
https://eraoflight.com/2021/02/24/mask-mandates-do-they-harm-rather-than-help/

Lifesite News aggregation of mask studies
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/47-studies-confirm-inefectiveness-of-masks-for-covid-and-32-more-confirm-their-negative-health-effects

Lockdowns and masks do not work and the science showing it
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2020/august/26/lockdowns-and-mask-mandates-do-not-lead-to-reduced-covid-transmission-rates-or-deaths-new-study-suggests/

Another state comparison
https://lidblog.com/states-without-mask-mandates/