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Re:Long Covid Appears to Have Led to a Surge of Disabled in ... by ceejayoz on Saturday April 15, 2023 @02:16PM (#35583096)
The cited study is misrepresented.

https://www.cochrane.org/news/statement-physical-interventio...

> Many commentators have claimed that a recently-updated Cochrane Review shows that 'masks don't work', which is an inaccurate and misleading interpretation.

Re:Long Covid Appears to Have Led to a Surge of Disabled in ... by ghaff on Saturday April 15, 2023 @02:57PM (#35583496)
The actual conclusion is simply that there's no evidence to support that they work (or don't work). Which isn't exactly a ringing endorsement given that it's hard to prove a negative.

"It would be accurate to say that the review examined whether interventions to promote mask wearing help to slow the spread of respiratory viruses, and that the results were inconclusive. Given the limitations in the primary evidence, the review is not able to address the question of whether mask-wearing itself reduces people's risk of contracting or spreading respiratory viruses."