I think it was immoral for the scientists to publish the study in the way they did, because they either knew or should have known the media (especially anti-mas

I think it was immoral for the scientists to publish the study in the way they did, because they either knew or should have known the media (especially anti-mask propaganda outlets) would miss the following nuances: - The point of wearing a mask is primarily to protect others, not yourself. Since we know covid has high asymptomatic infection rates, it helps control the spread of the disease for everyone to wear a mask even if they think they have no reason to stay home. - There was no recommendation for the control group not to wear a mask. - Very few people, percentage-wise, get covid at all, and many people are staying home, avoiding crowded events, etc. anyway. You could run a similar study demonstrating that over a month or so, a group told to wear seat belts did not get injured or die in car crashes at a higher rate than the control group, just because so few of them got in crashes at all. It would mean nothing for whether seat belts are worthwhile. People are going to die as a result of the propaganda citing this study. I wonder if the scientists are okay with that. There may also be an argument that it was immoral to use research money to conduct this flawed of a study in the first place.