Response to Vermont Health Department’s Advice to “Get Out the N-95’s” for use during flood clean-up efforts:
Click to access Dr.-Levines-Mask-Advice-Crosses-the-Line.7.31.23.pdf
Videos from the Forum are Now Available:
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Gayle Brown, one of the speakers at the Vermont Emergency Forum to Assess the Respiratory Hazards of Masks, is applauded as she explains how her small business became the top tourist attraction in the state.
“Mask wearing is putting our kids at risk for chronic respiratory, cardio-respiratory, stress; for hypoxia- which is low oxygen; for impaired kidney function and kidney inflammation… In extreme cases, usually involving exercise, the possibility of respiratory arrest, brain damage, and even sudden cardiac death. What the hell are we thinking?”
-Dr. Christina Parks
“…every mask you have ever seen on a child is unregulated, untested, and unsafe, with zero efficacy, fit, term of wear, or medical clearance standards. Zero.”
– Megan Mansell, Former district education director over special populations integration, hazardous environs PPE applications, and ADA/OSHA/IDEA compliance
“No, in our profession, it is illegal to implement any control measure that does not provide a relative risk reduction rating of 90% or greater. What does your surgical mask, or T-shirt provide for you? Nothing. What does your N95 provide for you? Maybe 1%. So, we do not implement those controls that create a greater hazard for a small fraction of a percent of a protection. That’s insane.”
– Tammy Clark, Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Professional and Industrial Hygienist
Two students shared how wearing masks made them feel unwell, and how they were similarly treated by their elementary school administrators when they complained.
One still has an open court case which is supported by the Children’s Health Defense legal team.
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The WVMT Morning Drive:
Radio Hosts Kurt and Anthony interview Amy Hornblas on April 25th about the Mask Forum: https://www.wvmtradio.com/
TWO DAYS LATER….
Vermont Health Commissioner, Dr. Mark Levine is asked about his own study, (Risk Factors for COVID-19: Community Exposure and Mask-Wearing) which found that mask use increased the incidence of COVID-19, and responds to concerns about masks on “The Morning Drive” with Kurt and Anthony:
Meet the FORUM Presenters:
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It is time to begin the process of honestly assessing the risks and benefits of masks.
Forum Agenda and Presenters:
8:30 – 9:30: Registration and Snacks
In the Morning:
America’s Frontline Industrial Hygienists & Multidisciplinary Support Summit Specialists
“Mask wearing is putting our kids at risk for chronic respiratory, cardio-respiratory, stress; for hypoxia, which is low oxygen; for impaired kidney function and kidney inflammation… In extreme cases, usually involving exercise, [mask wearing puts children at risk for] the possibility of respiratory arrest, brain damage, and even sudden cardiac death. What the hell are we thinking?”
– Dr. Christina Parks, America’s Frontline Industrial Hygienists & Multidisciplinary Support Summit
Dr. Christina Parks: Recipient of a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from The University of Michigan, Dr. Parks will address the importance of respiration to systems of the body, and the known and suspected effects of mask use on those systems. How should we be preparing to respond to the health crises that are arising, and will likely continue to arise, due to irresponsible mask use?
Megan Mansell: Why Masking Children is Unethical and Unnecessary
“It begs repeating, and with great emphasis, that every mask you have ever seen on a child is unregulated, untested, and unsafe, with zero efficacy, fit, term of wear, or medical clearance standards. Zero.”
Megan Mansell is a former district education director over special populations integration, serving students who are profoundly disabled, immunocompromised, undocumented, autistic, and behaviorally challenged; she also has a background in hazardous environs PPE applications. She is experienced in writing and monitoring protocol implementation for immunocompromised public sector access under full ADA/OSHA/IDEA compliance. (Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Americans with Disabilities Act, and Individuals with Disabilities Act)
One of the multidisciplinary experts from the Frontline Doctors’ Industrial Hygiene and Multidisciplinary Support Summit, and author of Accommodating Chaos: Correcting Course on a Plague of Disinformation.
Megan addresses why every mask we see on a child is completely unregulated, untested, unsafe, not to mention unethical, and why the continued use of masks in schools as a special education accommodation is inappropriate and unnecessary. What alternatives exist to protect students and adults with special health needs?
12:30 – 1:30: Catered Lunch (if registered by May 4th) or, Lunch on Your Own
In the Afternoon:
Tammy Clark and Kristen Meghan Kelly: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) trained health and safety experts who have appeared on the Quest for Truth Tour, The Frontline Doctors team, and The Highwire. These brave women are helping us untangle the web of continuing, and encroaching, mask requirements. They will address the relevant standards, and how employees and employers can apply them responsibly in regards to respiratory health. How would responsible employers assess the effectiveness of masks, and other strategies, to ensure healthy environments for their staff and guests?
Panel Discussion:
A panel discussion will be facilitated by Dr. Rob Williams, college professor and founder of Vermont Independent. Participants will include Betsy Thomason, Respiratory Therapist, Director of Outbreath Institute, and author of Just Breathe Out, and Dr. Sandy Reider, Family Physician and founding member of Physicians for Informed Consent.
Award Presentation:
The day-long Forum will conclude with the presentation of a Breathing Champions Award, presented by former Deputy State’s Attorney Tom Kelly to the Desautels Family, who have been standing up for three years to defend the legal rights of students and employees through the Vermont court system.
4:30: Adjourn
Purpose of the Emergency Forum:
The ongoing use of respirators and masks in community settings is creating a Public Health Emergency.
It’s been three years since mask requirements began in community settings in Vermont, and no assessment or pause for reflection appears to be happening at any level. Instead, an entire infrastructure of unquestioned mask requirements and policies has been built across various community settings.
In Vermont and elsewhere, people of all ages and abilities continue to be required to cover their faces and restrict their breathing in order to keep their jobs, attend school, and receive services such as health care and transportation.
Although the COVID-19 Federal Emergency is scheduled to end on May 11th, 2023, mask requirements are not likely to go away. Emergency Use Authorized products, such as masks, tests, and vaccines, “will not be affected” by the ending of the Emergency, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Yet “face masks” have only been approved for their current use because they were granted Emergency Use Authorization by the Food and Drug Administration. Products granted Emergency Use Authorization are supposed to be continually assessed, because they have not been evaluated for safety or effectiveness.
Meanwhile, OSHA has created updated standards which describe how Vaccine or Mask policies are to be used in all health care facilities and settings, and guidance instructing all employers to consider similar policies, with an enforcement arm under construction.
While most schools have dropped mask requirements, at least one school in Vermont has continued to require them in specific classrooms again this year. Guidance from the federal government is encouraging schools to empower special education teams to impose “prevention strategies,” including masks, onto students with special needs, as well as their classmates and teachers.
The Vermont Agency of Education continues to refuse to address this issue, despite admitting it has no evidence masks are safe for children.
Respiratory protection is a specialized field, due to the delicacy and importance of our respiratory system.
There are OSHA standards in place which are intended to protect employees who are required to wear Personal Protective Equipment, such as n-95’s.
Employers are required to weigh the effectiveness and the hazards of respirators, and schools have an obligation to make reasonable accommodations that actually protect vulnerable students and staff, rather than put them at risk.
It’s time to consult with experts in the field so that we can make better choices to protect ourselves and each other going forward.
Sponsors:
Vermont Institute for Human Flourishing
The Libertarian Party of Vermont
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