The science of mask-wearing hasn’t changed, so why have our expectations?

Re:The science of mask-wearing hasn’t changed, so why have o... by ceejayoz on Friday July 03, 2020 @09:14PM (#23729157)

> Here's the bit you need to pay more attention to: "the true effect could be substantially different from the estimate of the effect);"

"We have a low confidence finding that masks work" is not the "high confidence finding masks don't work!" you seem to think it is.

> But, again, feel free to link to any of your preferred research.

I mean, I'd probably just link the one you did, as it supports my point here.

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Re:The science of mask-wearing hasn’t changed, so why have o... by dang on Saturday July 04, 2020 @12:08AM (#23730033)

Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23730026. This is not cool to do here, and especially not when it spreads across multiple threads. No more of this please.

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