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New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I know you're being combative so it's unlikely, but did you actually read both sources? One is a review of around 70 studies, before and during the pandemic, sonme unpublished. The other is a review of 5000 articles which found statistically significant results..

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The responded article says this:

    A total of 6 studies were included, involving 4 countries, after a total of 5,178 eligible articles were searched in databases and references.

    They literally typed some shit into the journal search database that had that many articles. They didn’t study all of those articles. Their study is founded exclusively from 6 studies. The Cochrane review’s approach is far more comprehensive and goes into considerably more depth in many more studies.

    So, maybe you didn’t read the articles? Or maybe you don’t understand population level, public health study methods.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Fair point, I did misread that. But it seems you're acting in bad faith with just one source again. Any search amongst published articles provide evidence for the efficacy and cost effectiveness of masks as a adjunct preventative measure. It seems rather like cherry picking to trust the one place that goes against the grain, no?

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