An Inconvenient Truth

Chicken littles are not clucking

The environmental cost of CoVID19 measures have escaped the attention of policy makers and what passes for journalists these days. A few paragraphs dotted about here and there and the odd article like this one:

Chinese City Testing Fish For COVID | ZeroHedge

I was caught off-guard by the article below that pointed to the danger from “wet wipes”. The issue here is that wet wipes and masks

Wet wipes and disposable surgical masks are becoming new sources of fiber microplastic pollution during global COVID-19 - PMC (nih.gov)

Sixty-seven references in that lpaper to other papers. The paper says this:

“It has been reported that in 2020, about 52 billion masks have been produced worldwide, of which 1.56 billion entered the oceans through various pathways. Each mask is about 3–4 g in weight, and after conversion, there are about 4680–6240 tons of discarded masks in the ocean.”

“Ingestion of microplastics poses a further threat to human health; however, it has not been quantified. The presence of microplastics in human feces has been confirmed (Schwabl et al. 2019), and research showed that up to 52,000 microplastics can be ingested by US citizens every year (Cox et al. 2019). A recent study carried by Ragusa et al. (2021) reported that microplastic particles were found in all placental portions, indicating that microplastics have potential threat to the fetal health.”

“.. evidence has demonstrated that the actual pollution of fiber microplastics to water environment is suspected to be much higher than that of other microplastic particles..”

The threat from micro-plastics in oceans is presented on this website: Home | Goes Foundation

The solution? Even though mask are “face decoration”, there may be some utility in the function provided by wet wipes, as there is in washing hands. So, as the authors of the paper recommend, why not develop and dostribute biodegradable masks and wet wipes?

The below ballparks the environmental impact of masks, test kits and injections. It does not reflect the environmental impact from PPE (gowns, aprons and gloves) or wet wipes or cleaning fluids or “circles painted on the ground” or lanes on supermarket floors or screens between kids in classrooms or customer check-outs. You would think that the UN IPCC would be all over the environmental impact of these sorts of issues.

So, how many masks have been manufactured, PACKAGED and distributed globally using what materials since the start of the pandemic two and half years ago?

The authors of the paper guesstimated that “it is estimated that there are about 129 billion masks used every month in the world during COVID-19, most of which are disposable masks made using microplastic fibers.”

129 billion masks a month equals more than 1.5 trillion masks a year. Maybe 80% of that number (1.2 trillion) are single-use disposable masks. The pandemic has last around 30 months, implying that, so far, 3.75 trillion masks have been used, of which 3 trillion are single-use disposable masks. The masks are around 4 inches square. For perspective, given the world is around 25,000 miles in circumference, this is equivalent to circling the world almost 9,500 times.

Each mask is made of plastic fibres. How to convert that into million barrels equivalent of oil? Hmm.

The other aspect is the packaging of the masks. Each mask is separately wrapped in paper and plastic. The masks are put in boxes in order to be shipped. How many trees were used in the boxes? We might, charitably assume that the incremental transportation costs are minimal – shipped along with other products.

We can do a similar sort of calculation for test kits. Are these recycled or do they have to be disposed of as hazardous waste? Last I looked, there had been over 6.5 billion tests globally (excluding China) on worldometer. Each test kit has to be made and packaged, transported, administered by someone (using single use disposable gloves?)

Same goes for the injections. 12.5 billion syringes and needles that have to be manufactured and packaged from raw materials; transported in refrigerated containers, stored in fridges, administered by those wearing masks (anyone recommending, mandating or injecting these toxins is guilty of a crime against humanity!) – are these needles and syringes recycled or are they disposed of as hazardous waste?

Each of these CoVID-19 measures comes with environmental costs that have not been factored in to the pandemic response. An oversight that is unforgiveable.

A few other points.

All mammals, birds and reptiles have lungs. We have seen a smattering of articles about crossover into them. Fish have gills that perform the same function. How is it that there has not been a pandemic amongst these life forms? Are they immune or is it simply not noticeable or measurable? The Chinese seem to think pets are a threat (apologies for the link to MSM tabloids – ad shields up!)

Chinese city's plan to KILL all pets belonging to Covid-19 patients axed following outcry  | Daily Mail Online

Remember this?

A 14-year-old tiger died after contracting Covid-19 in an Ohio zoo, officials say - CNN

Finally, I have been giving some thought to the method of transmission of the SARS-COV2 virus. The official (WHO) line is that the virus is spread by respiratory droplets exchanged between people having a normal conversation (or by preachers and musicians performing to a live audience). This may be true but seems unlikely to be the only source of transmission.

Remember GMO foods and the protests about cross-pollination of GMO modified crops into “natural” crops? The virus and the injections contain a spike protein. Dr Peter McCullough is out with a new piece that posits that the injected spike is more toxic than the “wild” spike. He changes his website so often I cannot get back to the article! The McCullough Report - America Out Loud

Anyway, the point is that the planet is a closed eco-system. It seems to me that SARS-COV2 is an airborne virus that is now endemic in animals and plants. In other words, we eat, breath and excrete the virus – and so do all other animals and plants. We are stuck with it. It will attack those with the weakest immune systems. Unfortunately, CoVID19 injections weaken the immune system. We are not stuck with that, provided the injections are withdrawn immediately. What are the chances that health regulators and politicians will admit their mistakes – as they have in Denmark for children? No politician will ever admit they killed their voters and no health regulator will admit their incompetence was to blame for genocide and generational harms.

Onwards!