I went to the CDC to read the actual report. And this headline is the opposite of what the report says. The CDC does state that masks work—but the statistical evidence shown is very weak. The margins of error show that the positive effect is quite minimal.
“I went to the CDC to read the actual report. And this headline is the opposite of what the report says. The CDC does state that masks work—but the statistical evidence shown is very weak. The margins of error show that the positive effect is quite minimal.”
GP = Lazy Journalism
... and by being both singularly focused on the virus and being severely politically compromised, the CDC (and the NIH in lockstep) neglects to point out the devastating and enormous negative effects of widespread masking -- particularly masking of healthy people who comprise the vast majority of Americans
It's important to maintain a balanced perspective with all that has happened over the past year-plus, perspective which is severely lacking and has, in fact, been highly discouraged. The number of covid cases in America stands at 29 million. A big number, but understand clearly that it represents less than 10% of our population. The percentage of people who have actually gotten sick, much less the percentage of Americans who have been hospitalized or who have died as a direct result of covid infection is of course much, much, much lower. ... Balanced Perspective.
Two examples of the severe damage caused by forced masking include:
-- Widespread forced masking promotes a powerful visual image, more accurately the illusion that America is sick -- that we're all just one cough or one sneeze or one spittle droplet away from certain death! which retards America's economic and, even more importantly, stagnates America's societal recovery and reduces significantly the quality of American life.
-- Dehumanizing people by forcing them to hide their identity with a mask makes even respectable people treat others inhumanely, especially when combined with abject fear. Examples of this abound including doctors and nurses preventing grieving family members from having physical, human contact with a dying loved one; governors and teachers taking away an entire year -- and counting -- of childhood from innocent children who are not significantly affected by the Chinese curse; crushing the lives of American citizens by taking away their businesses that took decades to build, and on and on and on.
The truly horrific damage to Americans and to America caused by forced masking is breathtakingly tragic -- arguably evil -- when one considers that it has been done -- done deliberately -- for a completely useless purpose.
The CDC does state that masks work—but the statistical evidence shown is very weak. The margins of error show that the positive effect is quite minimal.
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Weak as in a mask is 2% more effective than no mask.
“I went to the CDC to read the actual report. And this headline is the opposite of what the report says. The CDC does state that masks work—but the statistical evidence shown is very weak. The margins of error show that the positive effect is quite minimal.”
Yes.
Kind of weird, isn’t it.
And I am not an anti-mask advocate.
The study was about mask mandates. It is not about wearing masks. Two different things. Even in states where there is no mask mandate, there is probably high numbers using masks.