From the Author: "A comprehensive, detailed reference volume compiling and providing a detailed critique of COVID-related facemasking, including the science (over 270 references), psychology, philosophy, and legal problems. Sources are hyperlinked in footnotes for easy reference and checking. Includes an appendix on Christian religious objections to masking."
Full text: https://www.scribd.com/document/785150036/The-Book-on-Masks-PDF-Edition-complete
"Introduction: Mask Hysteria
This book is intended to be modular, and useable either for straight-through reading or as a handy reference volume. There are four main topics (five if you count the appendix).
- Mask Science
- Mask Psychology
- Mask Philosophy
- Mask Legalities
Other relevant topics, such as history, are distributed throughout. The appendix articulates just one of many possible sets of religious beliefs against wearing masks in the name of COVID. The sections are mutually supporting, refer to one another, and even include some overlap, but each can stand on its own. Feel free to read only those sections that interest you. If you are interested in the psychology used to push masking but not the physical science involved, go ahead and jump to that section. If you want to know more about the side effects of masks, you can start there instead. If you want to know more about the law involved, how some lawsuits against masks succeeded and why others failed, start with the legal section. If the idea of religious objections to wearing masks sounds either totally insane or intriguing, you are welcome to jump to the appendix straightaway...
For those sources which are not publicly available which any readers may wish to verify, I invite those readers to either contact me through this book’s website, www.thebookonmasks.com (after browsing the extras section) or use the opportunity to develop their own skills as researchers. All hyperlinks were functional and accurate at the time of publication.
Additional material mentioned in this book, such as my (free and printable) poster-chart showing at a glance how the CDC’s references stack up and balance against a more comprehensive body of scientific sources on masks, can be accessed at www.thebookonmasks.com/extras.
In a work this size, expect to find plenty of material that is new to you and some material you already knew, viewed from a different angle. Expect to find material you dispute, and even more material you agree with. Your time is valuable to me. I look forward to repaying your investment and earning a place on your bookshelf."
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