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Re:Amazon refuses to sell book on Covid-19 and lockdowns by aspenmayer on Friday June 05, 2020 @05:15PM (#23434055)
Lack of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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Re:Amazon refuses to sell book on Covid-19 and lockdowns by DanBC on Friday June 05, 2020 @05:27PM (#23434203)
But we have evidence about respiratory viruses and masks, and it all says they don't work.

We even have the beginnings of evidence coming through for SARS-CoV-2. They got people who have covid to wear a mask and cough on a petri dish. Covid escaped the masks.

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Re:Amazon refuses to sell book on Covid-19 and lockdowns by ceejayoz on Friday June 05, 2020 @05:36PM (#23434290)
> But we have evidence about respiratory viruses and masks, and it all says they don't work.

What? Medical personnel regularly utilize surgical masks against respiratory viruses spread by droplets successfully.

They're less useful against aerosolized stuff like measles, but SARS-CoV-2 is primarily spread via droplet.

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