face masks
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Covid-19: New evidence on face masks
A few months back I wrote an article about the state of the evidence on face masks. At that point, there were no good studies looking at the effectiveness of face masks in preventing the spread of covid-19 specifically, but there was a systematic review that looked at all randomized trials that had been done on face masks… Continue reading
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Evidence that the Face Mask does not Impede Viral Transmission
“Now the science is in. [Because of] recent studies with large numbers of patients in large numbers of countries…. we have hard evidence that risk of transmission goes down dramatically when people wear masks.” I thought that he had to be wrong, because dozens of studies over decades had established that public masking does not… Continue reading
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Dutch Government Ditches the Mask. Political Pressure Exerted on Sovereign Governments?
Last Wednesday, the Dutch government decided not to impose any “national obligation” on its people to wear masks, reports Reuters. The reason for opting out of the global masquerade? Minister for Medical Care, Tamara van Ark, asserted that “from a medical perspective there is no proven effectiveness of masks” after a review by the Netherland’s National Institute… Continue reading
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Do Masks Work? A review of science relevant to COVID-19 social policy
There have been extensive randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies, and meta-analysis reviews of RCT studies, which all show that masks and respirators do not work to prevent respiratory influenza-like illnesses, or respiratory illnesses believed to be transmitted by droplets and aerosol particles. Continue reading
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Coronavirus Fact-Check #6: Does wearing a mask do anything?
Do masks actually do anything to prevent the spread of this disease? Or respiratory diseases in general? Continue reading
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