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@DavidM_yeg @ritawild @detachedspork

Thanks, it's always good to read counter arguments to a scientific publication from a storyteller fact twister journalist.

- The overnight coronavirus expert
https://fortune.com/2020/08/10/the-overnight-coronavirus-expert/
https://www.removepaywall.com

- What does Covid-19 mean for expertise? The case of Tomas Pueyo
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/what-does-covid-19-mean-expertise-case-tomas-pueyo

Here is a fair and balanced tldr critique of the Cochrane study from a medical expert

Drop Public Mask Mandates Without Misgivings
Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group Concludes Masks "Make Little or No Difference" in Spread of Viral Respiratory Illnesses
https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/drop-public-mask-mandates-without?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fmask&utm_medium=reader2

- Dr. Peter A McCullough, MD, MPH
Citations 67165
h-index 122
i10-index 492
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LzqEaOkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

If you want to rely an expert opinion on this subject make sure they have at least a publication h-index above 10.

@DavidM_yeg @ritawild @detachedspork

Cherry picking bits and pieces of a meta analysis is not "reading".

Why didn't you cherry pick this part for example:

> The pooled results of RCTs did not show a clear reduction in respiratory viral infection with the use of medical/surgical masks. There were no clear differences between the use of medical/surgical masks compared with N95/P2 respirators in healthcare workers when used in routine care to reduce respiratory viral infection.

Since you like "reading" so much, I would like to share with you two more research publications on this subject:

- Respiratory Performance Offered by N95 Respirators and Surgical Masks: Human Subject Evaluation with NaCl Aerosol Representing Bacterial and Viral Particle Size Range

https://academic.oup.com/annweh/article/52/3/177/312528?login=false

>Most of the tested N95 respirators and surgical masks in this study were observed to perform at their worst against particles approximately between 0.04 and 0.2 μm, which includes the sizes of coronavirus and influenza virus.

- The Foegen effect
A mechanism by which facemasks contribute to the COVID-19 case fatality rate

https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/Fulltext/2022/02180/The_Foegen_effect__A_mechanism_by_which_facemasks.60.aspx

> This study revealed that wearing facemasks might impose a great risk on individuals, which would not be mitigated by a reduction in the infection rate. The use of facemasks, therefore, might be unfit, if not contraindicated, as an epidemiologic intervention against COVID-19.

@cmclase

Meta-analysis:

Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full

> The pooled results of RCTs did not show a clear reduction in respiratory viral infection with the use of medical/surgical masks. There were no clear differences between the use of medical/surgical masks compared with N95/P2 respirators in healthcare workers when used in routine care to reduce respiratory viral infection.

Research study:

Respiratory Performance Offered by N95 Respirators and Surgical Masks: Human Subject Evaluation with NaCl Aerosol Representing Bacterial and Viral Particle Size Range

https://academic.oup.com/annweh/article/52/3/177/312528?login=false

>Most of the tested N95 respirators and surgical masks in this study were observed to perform at their worst against particles approximately between 0.04 and 0.2 μm, which includes the sizes of coronavirus and influenza virus.

The Foegen effect
A mechanism by which facemasks contribute to the COVID-19 case fatality rate

https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/Fulltext/2022/02180/The_Foegen_effect__A_mechanism_by_which_facemasks.60.aspx

> This study revealed that wearing facemasks might impose a great risk on individuals, which would not be mitigated by a reduction in the infection rate. The use of facemasks, therefore, might be unfit, if not contraindicated, as an epidemiologic intervention against COVID-19.

Opinion articles:

The Mask Mandates Did Nothing. Will Any Lessons Be Learned?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/opinion/do-mask-mandates-work.html
https://www.removepaywall.com/

Does this finally put the mask debate to bed? 'Gold standard' analysis of 78 studies and 1million people finds face coverings made 'little to no difference' to Covid infection or death rates

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11702865/Masks-make-little-no-difference-Covid-infections-massive-cross-country-meta-analysis-finds.html

Do We Need Mask Mandates?
The science suggests that more states should consider rescinding them.
https://www.city-journal.org/do-we-need-mask-mandates

The Real Science on Masks: They Make No Difference
https://www.thefp.com/p/the-real-science-on-masks-they-make?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fmasks&utm_medium=reader2

#MaskMandate #CovidLong #LongCovid #N95s #n95 #FFP2 #ffp3 #n99 #COVID #COVID19

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#servant

@funkybuddha

@jq @vwbusguy

Leave this tutorial here, it describe boot to vdisk with a #linux distro.

https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_vtoyboot.html

@jq @vwbusguy I was using Linux in Virtual box for a while, I tried different distros, KDE neon, Fedora, Mint, Ubuntu etc.. The main thing I liked about Zorin OS it's simple, stable, everything works with my laptop hardware with minimal configuration or bugs. What made me make it the Host OS, is that I discovered Ventoy. With Ventory I don't need to setup dual boot, I can boot into a VHD in which I installed Zorin OS using Virtual Box.
I should make tutorial about this, it makes moving to #linux so simple.

@vwbusguy I just did recently, I upgraded from Windows 10 to Zorin OS, it felt like I bought a new computer. I was sick and tired of windows updates and dozen of Microsoft bloatware services for tracking and telemetry consistently slowing my laptop.

@samuraikid This guy need to stop his obsession with vaccines and retire to a tropical island