I am concerned by this tweet. I believe I have found the (unpublished) study and it demonstrated the slope in daily infections in rural Vic (with no mask mandate) actually fell FASTER than in Melbourne (with mandate) when analysed over the same period.https://twitter.com/theage/status/1343374021715501059 …
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Replying to @K_Sheldrick
A pre/post analysis wouldn't mean much without a control anyway...
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Replying to @GidMK
Untangling causation from a single observational time period (with many drivers both of interest and not of interest) is complex? Nah that doesn't sound right
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Replying to @K_Sheldrick
Even the best trials have struggled to make this sort of causal conclusion, I honestly don't think we have enough data in Australia to make even the vaguest of suggestions tbh
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