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RE: CDC Looked Into Face Masks for Viral Protection, No Protective Effect

in Deep Dives • 4 years ago

I edited the comment before noticing you replied:

Might? Is might a good scientific position to base something on? Might what? What's the criteria that it "might" reduce those transmissions? Size of the particle? Is coronavirus large enough for that to be the case?

Goodness you didn't right it, ok, I didn't suspect you did. They say "might", and that seem to carry a lot of weight in your response.

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     4 years ago  

    It wasn't the word might that carried weight with me, it was the fact you omitted that part in your quote. I find for the sake of transparency, if you are going to take a quote from an article that supports your narrative then by not quoting the part which undermines that point, no matter how slightly, is telling in itself.

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      Yeah, it "might" do something. Why would they say that, without backing it up with any explanation? Is that an agenda of their own?

      What about their own conclusion:

      In our systematic review, we identified 10 RCTs that reported estimates of the effectiveness of face masks in reducing laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infections in the community from literature published during 1946–July 27, 2018. In pooled analysis, we found no significant reduction in influenza transmission with the use of face masks.

      Does that matter? Why not talk about that conclusion? "Looking at other studies, the conclusion is there is no significant reduction with masks, but hey, ya never know, it 'might' actually do something anyways..." LOL. Yeah, that holds a lot of weight ;)