Re:An analysis of studies pertaining to masks from 1978 to 2023
by supplied_demand on Friday May 24, 2024 @11:51PM
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It would be a bewildering position, which is why nobody suggested to suddenly drop the issue or stop studying it. I’m not sure where you got that idea.
I was talking about revisiting people’s comments on a message board from 4 years ago in an attempt to re-stoke the flamewar conversations everyone claims to be against.
==especially from such a "pro-Science™" crowd.==
Reads like a pretty condescending comment to me.
Why wouldn't we want to know how effective (or not) a given intervention is? It feels like a way to avoid embarrassment.
But I'd argue that most of the lessons to be learned are not about virology or the minutiae of masks. They're about the consequences of politicizing something that's not political, of implementing drastic measures with poorly-communicated rationale.
They're of non-physicians spreading their own opinions and misexplainations (however well-intentioned) while condescending to other non-physicians that they're not entitled to their own opinions because they're not a physician. Like, what?