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> Even the bit you're quoting says "face masks are associated with protection, even in non-health-care settings". What's the control group? Here's what the pa
by DanBC 6y ago
> Even the bit you're quoting says "face masks are associated with protection, even in non-health-care settings".
What's the control group?
Here's what the paper says about the evidence:
> Further high-quality research, including randomised trials of the optimum physical distance and the effectiveness of different types of masks in the general population and for health-care workers' protection, is urgently needed.
- ceejayoz 6y ago> What's the control group? People who don't wear masks? "We need more studies" is not the same as "our own study is bullshit". It's a simple statement of "there's something here that needs further confirmation". In the meantime, I'm wearing a mask based on preliminary results, and the abject lack of "masks are actively dangerous" studies of any quality the anti-mask folks can refer to as a counterpoint.