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A comment on Effectiveness of Mask Recommendation to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 (Randomized trial). Parent comment
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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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.