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This is really interesting, and I’d like to read the paper - do you have a link? EDIT: here: https://www.poverty-action.org/publication/impact-community-maskin
by wepple 5y ago
This is really interesting, and I’d like to read the paper - do you have a link?
EDIT: here: https://www.poverty-action.org/publication/impact-community-masking-covid-19-cluster-randomized-trial-bangladesh https://www.poverty-action.org/publication/impact-community-...
That summary is really hard to draw conclusions from;
“However, cloth masks did reduce the overall likelihood of experiencing symptoms of respiratory illness during the study period.”
And “ A cloth mask is certainly better than nothing. But now might be a good time to consider upgrading to a surgical mask.”
But also “ Although there were also fewer COVID-19 cases in villages with cloth masks as compared to control villages, the difference was not statistically significant.”
- DenisM 5y agoI suppose it means there was a difference but it was not statistically significant. Like 5% reduction with 10% certainty.