The Medical Rebel

When the current event broke out, I read the scientific literature for my own understanding. As this became a war and I became embroiled in it, I tried to go back and recover reference that I had not previously saved. That was mostly successful, but some papers have been scrubbed or put behind a paid firewall such as “Science Direct”—a clever name for not being directly available. Hopefully the links here still work. This is somewhat organized by topic, but not perfectly. This was meant for my own research, so it is not meant for a casual perusal. I do now add anything I refer to in my talks or papers, and will keep adding as more information is available.

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Masks

Blue Raven. (2020, September 13). The impact of the pandemic from a psychological point of view - Prof. Franz Ruppert ACU2020 [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKHTZZMRcFk

Vainshelboim B.. (2021). Facemasks in the COVID-19 era: A health hypothesis. Medical hypotheses, 146, 110411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110411

Swift, Rocky. (2021, March 4). Japan supercomputer shows doubling masks offers little help preventing viral spread. Yahoo. https://news.yahoo.com/japan-supercomputer-shows-doubling-masks-042240894.html

Hood, Marlowe. (2020, December 23). Masks block 99.9% of large COVID-linked droplets: study. phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2020-12-masks-block-large-covid-linked-droplets.html

Yezli, S., Otter, J.A.. (2011). Minimum Infective Dose of the Major Human Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Transmitted Through Food and the Environment. Food and Environmental Virology, 3(1), 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12560-011-9056-7

Jefferson, Tom, Heneghan Carl. (2020, July 23). Masking Lack of Evidence with Politics. The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/masking-lack-of-evidence-with-politics/

Fisher K.A., Tenforde M.W., Feldstein L.R., et al.. (2020). Community and Close Contact Exposures Associated with COVID-19 Among Symptomatic Adults ≥18 Years in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities — United States, July 2020. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2020(69), 1258–1264. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6936a5

Macintyre, C., Seale, H., Tham, D., Hien, N., Nga, P., Chughtai, A., Rahman, M., Dwyer, D., & Wang, Q.. (2015). A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers. BMJ Open, 5(4). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006577

Letizia, A. G., Ramos, I., Obla, A., Goforth, C., Weir, D. L., Ge, Y., et al.. (2020). Sars-cov-2 transmission among marine recruits during quarantine. New England Journal of Medicine, 383(25), 2407–2416. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2029717

Ludvigsson, J, Engerström, L, Nordenhäll, C, Larsson, E. (2021). Open Schools, Covid-19, and Child and Teacher Morbidity in Sweden. New England Journal of Medicine, 384(7). https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2026670

Xiao, J., Shiu, E., Gao, H., Wong, J. Y., Fong, M. W., Ryu, S., et al.. (2020). Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings—Personal Protective and Environmental Measures. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26(5), 967–975. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.190994

Rancourt, D. G.. (2020, June 11). Masks Don’t Work: A Review of Science Relevant to COVID-19 Social Policy. River Cities Reader. https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/masks-dont-work-covid-a-review-of-science-relevant-to-covide-19-social-policy

Milton D.K., Fabian M.P., Cowling B.J., Grantham M.L., & McDevitt J.J.. (2013). Influenza Virus Aerosols in Human Exhaled Breath: Particle Size, Culturability, and Effect of Surgical Masks. PLoS Pathogens, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003205

Zhang, R., Li, Y., Zhang, A. L., Wang, Y., & Molina, M. J.. (2020). Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(26), 14857–14863. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2009637117

Jacobs, J. L., Ohde, S., Takahashi, O., Tokuda, Y., Omata, F., & Fukui, T.. (2009). Use of surgical face masks to reduce the incidence of the common cold among health care workers in Japan: a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Infection Control, 37(5), 417–419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2008.11.002

Cowling, B. J., Zhou, Y., Ip, D. K., Leung, G. M., & Aiello, A. E.. (2010). Face masks to prevent transmission of influenza virus: a systematic review. Epidemiology and Infection, 138(4), 449–456. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268809991658

Smith, J. D., MacDougall, C. C., Johnstone, J., Copes, R. A., Schwartz, B., & Garber, G. E.. (2016). Effectiveness Of N95 Respirators Versus Surgical Masks In Protecting Health Care Workers From Acute Respiratory Infection: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis.. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 188(8), 567–574. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150835

Offeddu, V., Yung, C. F., Low, M., & Tam, C. C.. (2017). Effectiveness of Masks and Respirators Against Respiratory Infections in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 65(11), 1934–1942. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix681

Fikenzer, S., Uhe, T., Lavall, D., Rudolph, U., Falz, R., Busse, M., Hepp, P., & Laufs, U.. (2020). Effects of surgical and FFP2/N95 face masks on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 109(12), 1522–1530. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-020-01704-y

Casalino-Matsuda, S. M., Wang, N., Ruhoff, P. T., Matsuda, H., Nlend, M. C., Nair, A., Szleifer, I., Beitel, G. J., Sznajder, J. I., & Sporn, P.. (2018). Hypercapnia Alters Expression of Immune Response, Nucleosome Assembly and Lipid Metabolism Genes in Differentiated Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 13508. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32008-x

(2011, June 1). How The Brain Processes Faces: Neural System Responsible For Face Recognition Discovered. Carnegie Mellon University. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110531121319.htm

Noah. (2021, February 1). The Dangers of Masks...Mass Occult Ritual?. We Love Trump. https://welovetrump.com/2021/01/31/the-dangers-of-masks-mass-occult-ritual/

Busack, R. (2010, March 31). The Role of Masks in Ritual. Trance, Shamanism, Body and Soul. https://tranceshamanismbodyandsoul.blogspot.com/2010/03/role-of-masks-in-ritual.html

Vaccines

(2021). Matrix-M adjuvant technology stimulates strong responses

Mariana C. Castells, M.D., Ph.D., and Elizabeth J. Phillips, M.D.. (2021). Maintaining Safety with SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines. N Engl J Med, 384, 643–649. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra2035343

Hong-Xiang Sun, Yong Xie, Yi-PingYe. (2009). Advances in saponin-based adjuvants. Vaccine, 27(12), 1787–1796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.01.091