Cars today are enveloped in many more safety devices, and are unequivocally safer. Many high-risk sports are done in a more risky way these days, but false sense of security isn't it--arguably, such people are seeking the risk. https://journals.lww.com/epidem/FullText/2012/11000/Does_Risk_Compensation_Undo_the_Protection_of_Ski.35.aspx … or …https://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/pmc/articles/PMC2598370/ …
That is the most misunderstood study of all! First, it’s included in our source control review. We wouldn’t ignore it. Second, the lead author of that study that is on the record in this pandemic recommending cloth masks for the community. For good reason! +
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That study compares cloth masks, barely washed or changed, to standard surgical mask use in healthcare workers and very unsurprisingly finds surgical masks are superior. Of course! That does not at all indicate no masks are safer than cloth masks, let alone in the community. +
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There is no dispute that surgical masks are safer for healthcare workers. Again lead author of that very study is on the record the whole time underlining how, very obviously, that study does not say no masks are better than cloth masks, or cloth masks are riskier than no masks.
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