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> The foaming was from the other side of the aisle, in a similar vein to your post. That's a WILD thing to say. People are still going crazy over ivermectin,
by hwillis 3y ago
> The foaming was from the other side of the aisle, in a similar vein to your post.
That's a WILD thing to say. People are still going crazy over ivermectin, an senators are still posting conspiracy theories about it: https://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson/status/1690009000857710592 https://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson/status/1690009000857710592
> The largest metastudy in existence on the subject seems rather less sure than you about them[1]. Maybe that metastudy is flawed
From Cochrane themselves: https://www.cochrane.org/news/statement-physical-interventions-interrupt-or-reduce-spread-respiratory-viruses-review https://www.cochrane.org/news/statement-physical-interventio...
> For example, in the most heavily-weighted trial of interventions to promote community mask wearing, 42.3% of people in the intervention arm wore masks compared to 13.3% of those in the control arm.
And the study still found that they work, just not the 50% reduction they considered statistically significant. Small wonder given the above.
> Joe Rogan is a left-leaning guy on almost every issue
hilarious