Here's Why the Science Is Clear That Masks Work

[LetMyPeopleVote]

This study shows that masks work

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/opinion/masks-work-cochrane-study.html?unlocked_article_code=FH-hfGqGGESEjVtmzQtG0HyN_bKNtpLnTpMRzuMZ0IDGWx3mM6sYXTKcOHrv28WBukHFuq6zX5FPuetlLWqLxZQ2fhbEGc7mJaqcG47WgZ3zXOyjyvUlitHS3qoybv8sqmfgHwebr2fpm4V0EwRMtdEjohCQjYGu4mqcehKTD1fxJARrUTb_zkBlDsogj3Nnu7lOuzHWC_BDFYMOX7NSEinooYFn7bhgqDnmqtdf1A9LLBI4t2bpoA7F2NQUGQqcsy9X817svs3nm5OLp9ufWc69tYUyplVInJsV8Ja7SgygK0kx2vGl2BVZH-coYIN248UTb36RwTVqlDQzlNrt7lSISg&smid=tw-share

The debate over masks’ effectiveness in fighting the spread of the coronavirus intensified recently when a respected scientific nonprofit said its review of studies assessing measures to impede the spread of viral illnesses found it was “uncertain whether wearing masks or N95/P2 respirators helps to slow the spread of respiratory viruses.”

Now the organization, Cochrane, says that the way it summarized the review was unclear and imprecise, and that the way some people interpreted it was wrong.

“Many commentators have claimed that a recently updated Cochrane review shows that ‘masks don’t work,’ which is an inaccurate and misleading interpretation,” Karla Soares-Weiser, the editor in chief of the Cochrane Library, said in a statement.

“The review examined whether interventions to promote mask wearing help to slow the spread of respiratory viruses,” Soares-Weiser said, adding, “Given the limitations in the primary evidence, the review is not able to address the question of whether mask wearing itself reduces people’s risk of contracting or spreading respiratory viruses.”......

“Mask mandates, social distancing, the other shutdowns we had in terms of even restaurants and things like that — if places like New York City didn’t do that, the number of deaths would have been much higher,” he told me. “I’m very confident of that statement.”

So the evidence is relatively straightforward: Consistently wearing a mask, preferably a high-quality, well-fitting one, provides protection against the coronavirus.

[MyOwnPeace]

1. Butt, butt............

Empty Greene said that her farts could cut through any mask - so how can we 'trust science?'

[elias7]

3. We can trust science, Marjorie, because, well, science...

The smell from a fart is caused by methanthiol and other similar sulfur containing molecules, and these molecules are TINY. Much, much smaller than coronavirus, which is up to 34,000% larger than fart molecules

[Goonch]

2. Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation did not find sufficient evidence

that President Donald Trump’s campaign coordinated with Russia to influence the United States’ 2016 election and did not take a clear position on whether Trump obstructed justice.

[MyOwnPeace]

4. So, how do you know that, Goonch?

BarrBarrHut did such a great job smothering the Mueller report - and we have yet to see the complete, unredacted report.
So, again, what did we REALLY learn from the Mueller report?

[Goonch]

6. https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2019/03/mueller-concludes-investigation/

https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2019/03/mueller-concludes-investigation/

[Midnight Writer]

5. I don't need a study to tell me masks work.

Viruses cannot walk, they cannot hop, they cannot fly.

They cannot move without being carried.

They need an agent to travel on, such as spittle or phlegm or moisture particles. For simplicity, let's just call these carriers spittle.

If you block the ability of spittle being expelled from the mouth and nose from moving freely through the air, the ability of the virus to move through the air is also impeded.

The less virus is able to travel through the air, the lower the risk of it infecting someone else.

If you breath, cough, or sneeze into open air than spittle can travel or even float for some time and some distance in the air. If your mouth and nose is covered by a mask, at least some of that spittle will be blocked by the mask. The finer the filtration ability of the mask, the less virus can become airborne.

I don't understand how this is in any way controversial.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. I still wear my mask when I am out in public

[BigmanPigman]

7. Don't tell that to Bill Maher...he knows everything

[Bucky]

9. That's a good woman, sharing her link like that. Glad I married her. That's the ticket.