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Nobody wants to wear a mask! > Reality is messy. I understand that in this era of "alternative facts" the view is not universally shared, but I do believe tha
by alimw 5y ago
Nobody wants to wear a mask!
> Reality is messy.
I understand that in this era of "alternative facts" the view is not universally shared, but I do believe that reality contains objective truths if only we can get at them.
Either masks hinder the spread of germs (in the prior this has high probability based on logic and the experience of many years) or they don't.
We are down to four trials now instead of nine, and only three that count, since one was excluded by these authors for methodological shortcomings.
Don't blame it on "reality" that none of these was sufficiently large to establish the truth either way.
- charbonneau 5y agoLet me rephrase: If you feel the need to wear a mask, do it. If not, don't. Edit: > in the prior this has high probability based on logic and the experience of many years Reality can be counter-intuitive if you put your logic and experience to the test. Famous example: Using diuretics for antidiuretic effects [1] Even a banal situation like wearing a face mask during surgery leads to inconclusive results [2]. Does it increase or decrease the number of cases of wound infections? There seems to be no clear evidence atm [1] https://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/15/11/2948 https://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/15/11/2948 [2] https://www.cochrane.org/CD002929/WOUNDS_disposable-surgical-face-masks-preventing-surgical-wound-infection-clean-surgery https://www.cochrane.org/CD002929/WOUNDS_disposable-surgical...