Effectiveness of Mask Recommendation to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 (Randomized trial)

Re:Effectiveness of Mask Recommendation to Prevent SARS-CoV-... by tinus_hn on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @01:41PM (#25140602)

No, the study would only be worthwhile if it fitted the narrative and proved the usefulness of masks. Otherwise its time to break out the excuses.

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Re:Effectiveness of Mask Recommendation to Prevent SARS-CoV-... by nabla9 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @03:09PM (#25141788)

The study is not about usefulness of wearing mask during epidemic. It's limited to the usefulness of wearing surgical mask to protect the wearer.

There is lots of evidence that wearing mask protects others, that's why surgeons wear surgical masks during surgery.

Surgical masks are not intended to protect the wearer, you need medical respirator for that. The question is how effective they are in doing job they are not designed to do. It seems to be limited, maybe around 30-50% depending on the study.

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Re:Effectiveness of Mask Recommendation to Prevent SARS-CoV-... by petertodd on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @03:29PM (#25142057)

> There is lots of evidence that wearing mask protects others, that's why surgeons wear surgical masks during surgery.

There is a lack of evidence for the effectiveness of masks during surgery, and they aren't always mandatory to wear:

https://www.cochrane.org/CD002929/WOUNDS_disposable-surgical...

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/infectioncont...

https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480558/

There are obvious hygienic benefits - no-one wants to be splashed with bodily fluids - but there is a lack of evidence that they actually protect the patient.

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Re:Effectiveness of Mask Recommendation to Prevent SARS-CoV-... by weakfish on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @02:57PM (#25141668)

Sounds like you're the one making excuses. Anti intellectualism is strong in this thread.

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