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Papa--Mochi t1_j88eyml wrote

Unfortunately a recent Cochrane Review of gold-standard RCTs showed no strong evidence they work, which is likely what led to state lifting the requirement.

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MysteriousHedgehog23 t1_j88lk8x wrote

You’ll note the people who deal with infection control everyday of their professional lives (doctors and nurses) haven’t removed their masks. That should tell you something. Not to mention, there are a ton of issues with that studies methodology as it relates to Covid too numerous to name here.

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Papa--Mochi t1_j88ozu7 wrote

At this stage, after three years, the onus is on mask proponents to produce overwhelming evidence of their efficacy. That simply isn’t available. It’s threadbare at best.

I’m not anti-mask. They were a useful placebo to help some of the more anxious to return to society, and I’m thankful for that.

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MysteriousHedgehog23 t1_j88q7e1 wrote

I don’t think so. You wear it or you don’t is something I’m fine with outside of Heath settings. Every individual gets to “live” with their own individual results

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Papa--Mochi t1_j88v7yy wrote

Well, soon pretty much all health settings will be mask-free too.

There’ll be a few holdouts for a month or so, just like with stores, but by early spring it’ll be over.

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jae343 t1_j8b329k wrote

> Cochrane Review

Our confidence in these results is generally low to moderate for the subjective outcomes related to respiratory illness, but moderate for the more precisely defined laboratory‐confirmed respiratory virus infection, related to masks and N95/P2 respirators. The results might change when further evidence becomes available. Relatively low numbers of people followed the guidance about wearing masks or about hand hygiene, which may have affected the results of the studies.

If all of us lived in a controlled environment with less variables and were consistent with hygiene policies sure but let me tell you that doesn't even happen in a hospital unless you're in a isolated environment such as during surgery. And also it helps that in hospitals the air change and HVAC requirements are much stricter.

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brownredgreen t1_j8e03gr wrote

You are a propagandist

That review was inconclusive because of the difficulty of studying it in a non lab setting

In a lab setting the proof is incontrovertible

Your desire for the lab to be wrong for your narrative is sickening.

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