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… masks literally aren’t proven to work, and in every true RCT (hint: there are almost none!) there is neutral to negative impact. they are a creative fiction

… masks literally aren’t proven to work, and in every true RCT (hint: there are almost none!) there is neutral to negative impact. they are a creative fiction to help people feel like they have control over their environment, not a substantially evidenced intervention.

aredox 1y ago
Randomized controlled trials are not a silver bullet. There is a reason why meta-analyses spend a good amount of ink sorting out and excluding RCTs for lack of power or other design mistakes. https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/02/do-masks-work-rcts-randomized-controlled-trials/ https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/02/do-masks-work-rcts-rando...