Oh so you are a clinician. The medical literature is actually against masks. The non medical but everyone else knows everything Pseudoscientists as to the actual efficacy of masks is equivocal. The journal of nursing is not medical literature. I can show you an equal number of studies that contradict your statements. And when the studies are in conflict there is no conclusion. Didn’t you learn that in doctoring school, Doctor? Let’s be intellectually honest something that you continue to avoid.
Seriously. I have never claimed to be a clinician, and I am glad I am not one, honestly. Because being a clinician apparently closes your mind to any new information that might contradict your non-scientific opinions.
If you know of a body of literature that recommends against wearing of masks--that *includes* the latest studies on mask efficacy--please post the citations and links. Otherwise, you're just making stuff up out of thin air. (Yes, I am well aware that you have a long history of doing that and have no intention to change.)
Let's see, I posted references from Nature Medicine, Science, and British Medical Journal, as well as the International Journal of Nursing Studies. These journals have, respectively, impact factors of 22.660, 37.205, 27.604, and 3.783. They are all peer-review journals. Not that I expect these metrics mean much to you, since you have made it absolutely clear from day one that you are *not* a scientist and completely disrespect the scientific method.
Clearly, the actual recent data supports mask use, hence the recent changes in recommendations and mandates to use masks. The governor of Maryland just issued a new mandate to wear masks outdoors when around other people as well as indoors. At least public officials are not as resistant to scientific recommendations as you are.