Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
by ipspam on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:16PM
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You had me up until the word "multiple". A more appropriate word would be percentage. I'm willing to cede ground that masks may reduce infections 5-20%. If it were more, there would be correlates in the real world. As it is, it's a statistical shit show to even show that masks have any effect at all, much less how much.
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Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
by sampo on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:31PM
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> it's a statistical shit show to even show that masks have any effect at all
It's also a statistical shit show to show that condoms have any effect (against unwanted pregnancies, or sexually transmitted diseases), in studies using RCT settings:
https://jech.bmj.com/content/65/2/100
Do you think this should make us conclude, that condoms may reduce STDs or unwanted pregnancies at max 5-20%?
Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
by leereeves on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:49PM
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That paper isn't about the effectiveness of condoms; it's about "Interventions to increase effective condom use...condom design, access to condoms, condom use behaviours and condom-related legislation."
In other words, it's a study about the effectiveness of policies, not the condoms themselves.