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Re:Surgical masks reduce Covid-19 spread, large-scale Stanfo... by helge9210 on Saturday September 04, 2021 @07:30AM (#28414140)
Everyone will die. Eventually. Those over 60 sooner than those in their twenties. Neither tests nor masks will change this fact.
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Re:Surgical masks reduce Covid-19 spread, large-scale Stanfo... by jasonlaramburu on Saturday September 04, 2021 @09:02AM (#28414711)
>Neither tests nor masks will change this fact.

According to the original article, masks do change this fact.

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Re:Surgical masks reduce Covid-19 spread, large-scale Stanfo... by helge9210 on Saturday September 04, 2021 @09:30AM (#28414909)
Please, read the article again. Masks might affect COVID-19 spread. They don't prevent people from dying eventually.
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Re:Surgical masks reduce Covid-19 spread, large-scale Stanfo... by jasonlaramburu on Saturday September 04, 2021 @09:57AM (#28415142)
> They don't prevent people from dying eventually.

The paper does not say this. It shows an 11% reduction in spread in the group that was encouraged to wear surgical masks. Masks were not mandated, only encouraged. It also shows that 5 months after the researchers stopped encouraging mask-wearing, compliance dropped by 14%. So masks reduce the spread, and encouraging people to wear them leads to higher compliance.

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