Re:Did lockdowns work? The verdict on Covid restrictions
by dadjoker on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @04:16PM
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Translation: make ad hominem attack instead of inspecting the data?
> 20% less deaths in exchange for mandating wearing a paper mask seems like a good deal? Esepecially as they're not comparing to not wearing masks, but just not requiring masks to be worn
That would be great if paper masks did anything to "control" an aerosolized virus. The RCT studies showing the worthlessness of masks in doing so are legion, and even the CDC and WHO wrote as much as far back as 2016.
> 20% less deaths in exchange for mandating wearing a paper mask seems like a good deal? Esepecially as they're not comparing to not wearing masks, but just not requiring masks to be worn
That would be great if paper masks did anything to "control" an aerosolized virus. The RCT studies showing the worthlessness of masks in doing so are legion, and even the CDC and WHO wrote as much as far back as 2016.