Both the FDA and OSHA have made it clear over the years that only respirators, not masks, are considered valid PPE to block transmission of a respiratory virus.
Which is why mask manufacturers must continue to place a disclaimer on their labels that the product does not work for airborne viruses.
The CDC is lying to the public and giving them a false sense of security by suggesting masks are valid medical devices for COVID. That is why the FDA was forced to use an Emergency Use Authorization - the same process used for the vaccines - to approve masks as medical devices to be used as source control to reduce the spread of COVID on April 24, 2020.
This is also why in the EUA statement, the FDA discloses, "A face mask is a device, with or without a face shield, that covers the user's nose and mouth and may or may not meet fluid barrier or filtration efficiency levels." Well, indeed, any industrial hygienist or exposure expert will tell you that anything less than a fit-tested N-95 could not even be considered to meet the filtration efficiency levels.
Even then, OSHA's Respiratory Protection Guidance under 29 CFR 1910.134 would require fit testing, training, proper breaks, and a medical exam in order for governments or businesses to demand that people use them in various settings.
All this is to say that with no evidence masks work, and with endless evidence that they failed to stop the spread in a single part of the world for 12 months, this is why masks, according to law, must remain optional....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...
