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There was a study that showed cotton masks can actually be worse. A medical person showed me the other day, I’ll have to ask for the link
by supdatecron 7y ago
There was a study that showed cotton masks can actually be worse. A medical person showed me the other day, I’ll have to ask for the link
- Maximus9000 7y agoThere is also a study that shows many studies findings cannot be reproduced: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis From where I stand, the countries that have a culture of wearing masks are doing better with regards to coronavirus. At the very least, it seems like a good hypothesis.
- zorak 7y agoI'm reminded of Naseem Taleb's statement that when you measure a table with a ruler, you are also measuring the ruler with the table.
- geerlingguy 7y agoThis is the only definitive study I've seen, and it recommends cotton masks: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/64D368496EBDE0AFCC6639CCC9D8BC05/S0950268809991658a.pdf/face_masks_to_prevent_transmission_of_influenza_virus_a_systematic_review.pdf https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/c...
- svara 7y agoProbably the MacIntyre et al. paper. It's being misinterpreted everywhere in this very misleading fashion. See this blog MacIntyre wrote to clarify this: https://iser.med.unsw.edu.au/blog/impact-ppe-shortages-health-workers-during-covid19-pandemic https://iser.med.unsw.edu.au/blog/impact-ppe-shortages-healt... People misrepresenting this study are doing tremendous harm, it has to stop.
- supdatecron 7y agoThank you for sharing this updated clarification. I just shared it with that medical professional who showed me the original. Hoping to spread this clarification