The title of this piece is “The Real Science on Masks: They Make No Difference” and the author states up front “We now have the most authoritative estimate of the value provided by wearing masks during the pandemic: approximately zero”. And yet if you read the actual report the conclusion says "There is uncertainty about the effects of f…
The title of this piece is “The Real Science on Masks: They Make No Difference” and the author states up front “We now have the most authoritative estimate of the value provided by wearing masks during the pandemic: approximately zero”.
And yet if you read the actual report the conclusion says "There is uncertainty about the effects of face masks. The low to moderate certainty of evidence means our confidence in the effect estimate is limited, and that the true effect may be different from the observed estimate of the effect. The pooled results of RCTs did not show a clear reduction in respiratory viral infection with the use of medical/surgical masks.” That sounds pretty far from the author’s "approximately zero" definitive statement.
The title of this piece is “The Real Science on Masks: They Make No Difference” and the author states up front “We now have the most authoritative estimate of the value provided by wearing masks during the pandemic: approximately zero”.
And yet if you read the actual report the conclusion says "There is uncertainty about the effects of face masks. The low to moderate certainty of evidence means our confidence in the effect estimate is limited, and that the true effect may be different from the observed estimate of the effect. The pooled results of RCTs did not show a clear reduction in respiratory viral infection with the use of medical/surgical masks.” That sounds pretty far from the author’s "approximately zero" definitive statement.