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Many, many links in that article, but in the only study I see, this is not an experiment, it's observational study. There are lots of reasons to believe wearin

Many, many links in that article, but in the only study I see, this is not an experiment, it's observational study. There are lots of reasons to believe wearing masks might be correlated with other mitigating behaviours (hand washing, going out less, etc), which would also reduce contact with the infected. Also, I see no mention of studying possible side-effects of universal, permanent mask wearing, which makes this study irresponsible at the least.

wwweston 6y ago
With you on considering the possible causation in other associated mitigating behaviors, but: > studying possible side-effects of universal, permanent mask wearing Can you suggest a model which would imply there are likely to be any side-effects? I'm also sortof baffled by the suggestion that there's anyone doing "permanent" mask wearing. I've been pretty fastidious about face coverings since early on but I don't think I've ever kept one on for more than 6 hours at a time, and it's hard to imagine anyone doing so outside of a long shift at work.