Our Review of Cloth Masking for COVID19 is OUT 👇👇👇
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I hope part of the COVID19 healing process is finally telling the truth about this evidence
W/ Ian Liu (Colorado) & (Harvard)
cato.org/working-paper/
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As a physician and scientist, I cannot imagine ever writing a review article about patent law, but apparently we have reached the stage of the pandemic where the efficacy of face masks is being reviewed by business lawyers. Please keep political agendas out of medicine.
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Apparently, we have reached the stage of inaccurate ad hominem remarks. You might consider reading 20 or so papers by Prof. Darrow, and you will see far reaching expertise in evidence appraisal. As for Politics: I am a Bernie/ Warren supporter. Cheers!
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I’ve always considered the Cato Institute to be the true gold standard of medical and public health analyses. Step aside NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, AJPH, Health Affairs, etc—the one true libertarian science has arrived.
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How the heck can anyone write a paper that concludes that reducing the amount of virus in the air (with masks) doesn’t reduce infection? And then talk about ethics and the importance of clear scicomm to the public as you pour gasoline on the pandemic misinformation fire?
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Even w/ 371 refs in your non-peer reviewed Cato report, you missed many peer reviewed pubs like this one showing that surgical masks that fit well (w/ brace) can be highly effective at filtration (90-97%).
10.1080/23744731.2021.1944665
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I’ve checked a few of the studies reviewed. Most are in households.
Face masks, which *reduce* and *slow down* air flow without *stopping* it, are least effective with long exposure times, such as households.
That doesn’t mean that they’re ineffective eg at the supermarket
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Rather bizarre grounds for dismissing a study, since a population with low vaccination rates and low levels of natural immunity is precisely the most sensitive one in which to test mask efficacy. Or is it just that it got the “wrong” answer by demonstrating that masks work?
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