[rktman]

Well that’s crazy. Right? 😷😨😲🐂💩

[volunbeer]

The studies prior to the media hysteria about masks all showed very little benefit to masks with viruses.

We have known this for a long time, but much like global warming (the benchmark hysteria for public policy of the left) this is NOT science.

At this point, anyone in public coughing or sneezing should wear a mask. Anyone who is exhibiting these symptoms should not be in public anyways. Outside of actively spewing droplets into the air there is NO real evidence that an uninfected person receives protection.

Half or more of the people I see with masks are not even wearing them correctly.

[lakecumberlandvet]

The various state dictators (aka governors) will not be deterred by facts and science when it doesn’t fit with their agenda.

[Uncle Miltie]

Covid is a totalitarian’s excuse.

[jonascord]

The face doily hoax has always been about finding out who is a good Party Member, the sheep who can be easily stampeded.

[ConstitutionandFreedom]

Limitation:

Inconclusive results, missing data, variable adherence, patient-reported findings on home tests, no blinding, and no assessment of whether masks could decrease disease transmission from mask wearers to others.

Conclusion:

The recommendation to wear surgical masks to supplement other public health measures did not reduce the SARS-CoV-2 infection rate among wearers by more than 50% in a community with modest infection rates, some degree of social distancing, and uncommon general mask use. The data were compatible with lesser degrees of self-protection.

[Steve_Seattle]

Here in Washington State, we've had a mask mandate for six or more months, and a total shutdown (in the spring) of about three months. From May to mid-June, we had between 100-300 new cases per day. Then - like many states - we had a mid-summer peak. Then in Sept, cases went down again to 300-600 per day. For the past ten days or so, we've had between 1,700-3,400 new cases per day, the most ever.

Oregon has been even stricter than Washington, and back in the Spring they only had 50-80 new cases per day. In the last ten days, it's been 700-1,100 cases per day. If masks are supposed to stop the spread of the virus, they didn't work. The only possible argument is that without them it would be worse, but that's just a hypothetical.

[1Old Pro]

Tests show that telling people to wear masks makes the politician feel powerful 100% of the time.

[Democrats hate too much]

If the effectiveness is not high then the CDC should ban masks like they did no-side-effects Hydroxychloroquine. Hydroxychloroquine was only banned beflcause it was not effective enough, they said.

[zaxtres]

How long before this study gets banned on CommieSocialist Media? And gets redacted to disappear into the nothingness ether that there never was a study like this doen?

[Gen.Blather]

If a bit of water exhaled is carrying virus and that water hits your mask, the water will evaporate and you will breathe in the virus. For a size comparison, imagine a bee flying through your open garage door. Thats about the space between woven mask cloth and a virus.

[bigbob]

It’s a crap study. Inconclusive at best, both sides could claim it supports their claims.

[Sergio]

bkmk

[griswold3]

Is this Science?

[eyeamok]

They finally got it published, and the results are what most of us expected

[Starcitizen]

The mask is a Chinese Communist obedience instrument. Nothing more, nothing less

[WhattheDickens?]

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