It's important not just to remember this (the incorrect guidance on masks) but to study and understand it. When I wrote my "masks work" op-ed on March 17 for the New York Times, I honestly thought I was likely ending my career as a public writer. https://twitter.com/Aelkus/status/1261994903007113216 …
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To clarify: It is established that masks worn properly, cleaned properly, in addition to hand hygiene, physical distancing, etc. *may* reduce transmission. The question is whether, in reality, mask-wearing *actually* reduces transmission in an actual population of real people.
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You have less evidence of that kind for hand-washing or physical-distancing at this point than masks to be honest. Masks have more. We should do *all three* because of preponderance of evidence for all three. And the "properly" part is a misunderstanding. Any mask > no mask.
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How does that square with this? https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article …
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