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It's obviously hard to critique a study that hasn't been released, but I [again] find it bizarre how the "introduction" and "conclusions" in the abstract you li

It's obviously hard to critique a study that hasn't been released, but I [again] find it bizarre how the "introduction" and "conclusions" in the abstract you linked seem to be asking two separate questions. The intro says "This trial investigates whether the use of face masks in the community will reduce wearers' risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection." (emph. mine) ie. if everyone wears masks, does my risk go down? This seems like the correct question to ask. But then the conclusion says "We will study whether a face mask protects the wearer of the mask against SARS-CoV-2 infection" which is a different question entirely! If what we have been hearing over the past months is true (masks provide marginal protection for the wearer, but catch a significant portion of aerosol droplets & therefore protect society against the wearer) - I would expect the answer to the first question to be "yes" and the second to be "no"!

me_me_me 6y ago
I think we should introduce a law that surgeons should stop operating on people with masks on if said person thinks masks don't stop the spread of infected droplets. After-all there is probably a way to cherry-pick an argument that surgeon without a mask is more accurate therefore safer. Wearing mask is not a big inconvenience, same as not dropping trash on the street. You just need a person that is not consumed by their self importance. I swear there will soon be people claiming that not only sun revolves around the earth but it revolves around that single person.
- ketamine__ 6y ago
  Regardless of if masks work or not there are many self-inflicted conditions like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Coincidentally those conditions are the reason the health system almost became overwhelmed in the US. If we want to put a litmus test on treatment it would probably effect 90% of Covid-19 hospitalizations.

me_me_me 6y ago

I think we should introduce a law that surgeons should stop operating on people with masks on if said person thinks masks don't stop the spread of infected droplets. After-all there is probably a way to cherry-pick an argument that surgeon without a mask is more accurate therefore safer. Wearing mask is not a big inconvenience, same as not dropping trash on the street. You just need a person that is not consumed by their self importance. I swear there will soon be people claiming that not only sun revolves around the earth but it revolves around that single person.

ketamine__ 6y ago
Regardless of if masks work or not there are many self-inflicted conditions like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Coincidentally those conditions are the reason the health system almost became overwhelmed in the US. If we want to put a litmus test on treatment it would probably effect 90% of Covid-19 hospitalizations.