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Lockdowns and face masks ‘unequivocally’ cut spread of Covid, report finds
- throw0101a 3y agoRoyal Society report, "COVID-19: examining the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions": * https://royalsociety.org/news/2023/08/npi-report-launch/ https://royalsociety.org/news/2023/08/npi-report-launch/ * https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/impact-non-pharmaceutical-interventions-on-covid-19-transmission/ https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/impact-non-p... * Executive summary (PDF): https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/projects/impact-non-pharmaceutical-interventions-on-covid-19-transmission/covid-19-examining-the-effectiveness-of-non-pharmaceutical-interventions-executive-summary.pdf https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/projects/impact-non-... * Full report (PDF): https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/projects/impact-non-pharmaceutical-interventions-on-covid-19-transmission/the-royal-society-covid-19-examining-the-effectiveness-of-non-pharmaceutical-interventions-report.pdf https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/projects/impact-non-...
- dent9876543 3y agoThere are some pretty important call-outs: "Study designs commonly suffered from a critical risk of bias. The effects measured in each study were variable in magnitude and generally of low precision." Yet apparently it is unequivocal.