About that "study" on masks in the fringe speculative journal Medical Hypotheses...besides its being utter BS, its author Baruch Vainshelboim doesn't even work for @Stanford or the Palo Alto VA! https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-629043235973 …
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Seriously, citing meta-analyses and review articles on the use of masks versus
#COVID19 originally published in May 2020 tells me you're likely cherry picking. There are many far more recent studies and reviews to cite -
Sure but there are few that look at actual RCTs rather than mechanistic or computer modelled studies. The preponderance of controlled clinical studies show little or no benefit to use of masks at the community level. Somebody is cherry picking but I don't think it is I.
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Newer doesn't mean better. The positive studies here virtually all are presented using weasel words: "could potentially", "may help". The evidence for "some" protection in healthcare settings is good, but even there it is limited. In a community setting, where not just...
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...compliance but proper technique, effective material, etc. are a crapshoot negates most benefit that might occur in more controlled settings. Moreover, exposure risk is much higher in healthcare settings. If people choose to wear masks, great, but requiring them is unsupported.
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