Many weeks after my my mask-oped, finally seeing accurate pieces on masks. Why did it take so long? Why not before? My piece on media errors/complacency is part of the picture. Still too much herding and circling the wagons—and resistance to reflection.https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1242639141873111041 …
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Science and fact-based advocacy has won this argument about masks. Even the United States is likely to join. There is no evidence of harms (it was all speculation), and if something actually comes up, we can address it then because the benefits are clear. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/opinion/trump-coronavirus-masks.html …pic.twitter.com/ZdqbLfpikr
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Some of this increase may well be due to hospitals being overloaded. As I tried to explain in the piece on top of this thread, and throughout late Jan and February on social media and in articles, *this* is why “but the flu” comparisons were so misplaced. https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/1245852365464449025 …
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It is not merely the Washington Post. 'Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy' just posted this review of the evidence: https://twitter.com/JulieLeask/status/1245444131523981312?s=20 … (sadly claiming the evidence doesn't support masks)
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What that study shows is that for *aerosol generating procedures* like intubation, N95s are better than surgical masks. That's true! No debate about that. That's why the actual science matters. Here's the overview for non-aerosol (i.e. everyday) contexts: https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/what-is-the-efficacy-of-standard-face-masks-compared-to-respirator-masks-in-preventing-covid-type-respiratory-illnesses-in-primary-care-staff/ …
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It is in The Washington Post’s history blog, called Retropolis. No medical advice is given in the piece. And it is not a “random sentence.” John M. Barry is the leading historian on pandemic, helped US make its pandemic flu plan pre-Trump administration.
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That headline tho
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