@feld @freemo

Masks with close to zero efficacy according to a systematic review of 78 studies by Cochrane:

doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006

@vixxo @post @feld

Thank you. Now thst post has been clearly told in direct terms by cochrwin review thst he was wrong and what i and others said about the interpritstion is accurate lets see if he admits he is wrong... i higbly doubt it.

@freemo @vixxo @feld

No, the authors were forced by editors to change it, weren't you supposed to promote academic freedom?

@post @vixxo @feld

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.

@freemo @vixxo @feld

No, the results of the review were clear, they needed to rephrase the abstract because of the political implications. It's obvious for anyone that doesn't live in a world of unicorns and rainbows.

So, in your world of unicorns and rainbows, how do you explain the Lancetgate?

@post @freemo @feld
2\ - third, the second point is made very, very, very strong from high quality evidence about mask and viruses and I can assure that noone will engage a SARS virus without adequate masking
- I can assure to you that in Cochrane none thinks masks aren't usefull even with that MA

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@vixxo @post @feld

I think common sense will lead most to realize masks are probably useful for many but not all airbornse diseases. There are reasonable ways to reason about it where masks could even cause a greater soread of some diseases, maybe, when used by the general public and used improperly (whicb lets face it is most people).

That said i think we can all agree we just dont have good studies that can show it was effective in the case of covid, but we do t have evidence it was ineffective either.

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