> This update didn't change the conclusions from any of the prior reviews. ... The Cochrane authors are aware of all the criticisms, but there were no justifica

> This update didn't change the conclusions from any of the prior reviews. ... The Cochrane authors are aware of all the criticisms, but there were no justifications found in any of them to alter the conclusions of the review or their procedures for doing them. True. But as noted elsethread, Cochrane is not responsible for others misinterpreting the conclusions. "Statement on 'Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses' review" https://www.cochrane.org/news/statement-physical-interventions-interrupt-or-reduce-spread-respiratory-viruses-review https://www.cochrane.org/news/statement-physical-interventio... "The original Plain Language Summary for this review stated that 'We are uncertain whether wearing masks or N95/P2 respirators helps to slow the spread of respiratory viruses based on the studies we assessed.' This wording was open to misinterpretation, for which we apologize. While scientific evidence is never immune to misinterpretation, we take responsibility for not making the wording clearer from the outset. We are engaging with the review authors with the aim of updating the Plain Language Summary and abstract to make clear that the review looked at whether interventions to promote mask wearing help to slow the spread of respiratory viruses." > masks are so politicized Indeed.