Masks with close to zero efficacy according to a systematic review of 78 studies by Cochrane:
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Where do you get thst from.. their original version quite clesrly states what i said. Ut people misinterprited what they said to erroneously claim they meant what you said.. so they are changing the wording to be more explicit so people like you dont try and put words in their mouth like you did.
@vixxo @post @freemo @feld Yeah I'm sure that's true; just like before administering a flu test one always puts on n95 respirators/etc. And gets trained to do it properly. I think it's clear that is helpful in reducing spread.
That doesn't mean surgical masks or cloth masks protect against these diseases, or me re-using a surgical mask that I leave in my car for a few days is at all a good idea.
@ech @post @freemo @feld The only 2/78 studies included in that MA about masks and covid shows masks work. They also included a Danish paper that apparently ignore the bidirectional cover from masks. Moreover the whole analysis is about policies and they clearly state about adherence. A bad application of a policy doesn't prove it doesn't work. @post here is mixing up on topics to avoid the specific issues. That way to claim proofs could demonstrate everything.
This right here, anti-vax sentiment that seems to be suggestive of all vaccines, is the line.. This is so blantantly "flat earth" level anti-science that I think it disqualifies you from a presence on a STEM instance. As you've seen we have a **huge** tolerance for discussing topics and criticism even in rather heated topics (like COVID) that would have gotten you suspended much sooner from any other instance. But full on anti9-vax thinking no vaccines work, dont end pandemics, herd immunity is some construct that doesnt exist... no virus has ever been isolated, etc etc.... sorry but this has now crossed the line for us.
I will discuss with the other moderators for a sanity check ( @trinsec @khird
) but I'd suggest you migrate to another server which I think you should have the right to do (and you cant once suspended)... that sort of extreme anti-scientific sentiment has no place on a STEM server.
@freemo @trinsec @khird @vixxo @ech @feld
I am a STEM professional and graduated. You're the one who accepted the stereotype that a dissident must be illiterate.
I can argue my positions and even if I don't convince you, you must respect them. Otherwise you are promoting ideologies like scientism which make science a religion. Instead science is based on arguments, not on dogmatic discussion fences emotionally positioned and dependent on the historical moment and current mainstream notions.
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Respect can mean a lot of things.. but I see no reason why all opinion must be respected by any definition of respect I know.
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