So much this. Especially on Twitter, but more dangerously in published papers.https://twitter.com/laurahelmuth/status/1273979510019502080 …
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Many were doctors who couldn't grasp the difference between PPE at a hospital setting where incorrect wearing *compared to correct wearing* was indeed worse for self-protection and community-mask wearing for source protection compared to *no masks*. I caught so much grief!
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There was a viral Forbes article titled something like "masks increase risk"--still being shared by mask-deniers (though they finally changed headline). Almost every outlet ran these stories that made no sense, but they ran them. Many viral threads by experts in the field...
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I know. I still encounter it. Osterholm still makes that claim (no evidence, ignoring evidence to the contrary). I'm not against the idea that it's something to keep an eye out for but given past data, it would be a huge surprise and we already have counter evidence.
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