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Because there are actual peer-reviewed studies about mask use and COVID. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/20-3003_article https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/arti
by nojito 6y ago
Because there are actual peer-reviewed studies about mask use and COVID.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/20-3003_article https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/20-3003_article
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6947e2-H.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6947e2-H.pdf
- jjgreen 6y agoBenfield's study has been peer-reviewed and published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
- acqq 6y agoAs Anthony Fauci already pointed, one study can be both peer reviewed and be wrong.
- acqq 6y agoI refer to July 31, 2020: https://news.yahoo.com/fauci-shoots-down-flawed-hydroxychloroquine-183931215.html https://news.yahoo.com/fauci-shoots-down-flawed-hydroxychlor... Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.): "it was peer reviewed" Fauci: "It doesn't matter. You can peer review something that's a bad study."
- liversage 6y agoAnd the conclusion was that based on the data they were not able to determine if face masks protects you from infection or not. For some reason this has led to media concluding that face masks do not protect you but that's not the same. Another important effect of wearing a face mask is that it may protect other people from being infected by you but that effect was not part of the study.
- chillacy 6y agoESP (extra sensory perception for predicting the future) has been peer reviewed. Stripped of all the political connotations it's actually kind of an interesting debate for scientists to have. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/science/06esp.html https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/science/06esp.html