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The study says 10% reduction in mortality by wearing masks.

It doesn’t add up to me. However, the study isn’t an indictment on gov because it’s an arguable benefit.

How naive. His Swiss death warrant has been issued.

Looks like not all the hired help got their bribe cuts.

Helloworldtoo says

The study says 10% reduction in mortality by wearing masks.

From the study:

p.39: "There may be an effect of mask mandates, but just two studies look at this, one of which one only looks at the effect of employee mask mandates."

p.40: "Also, masks may reduce COVID-19 mortality, but there is only one study that examines universal mask mandates"

p.37: "Mandating facemasks – an intervention that was not widely used in the spring of 2020, and in many countries was even discouraged – seems to have a large effect (-21.2%), but this conclusion is based on only two studies.43

Again, our categorization may play a role, as the larger mask-estimate from Chernozhukov et al. (2021) is in fact “employee facemasks,” not a general mask mandate.

Our findings are somewhat in contrast to the result found in a review by Liu et al. (2021), who conclude that “fourteen of sixteen identified randomized controlled trials comparing face masks to no mask controls failed to find statistically significant benefit in the intent-to-treat populations.”

Similarly, a pre-COVID Cochrane review concludes, “There is low certainty evidence from nine trials (3507 participants) that wearing a mask may make little or no difference to the outcome of influenza-like illness (ILI) compared to not wearing a mask (risk ratio (RR) 0.99, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.82 to 1.18).

There is moderate certainty evidence that wearing a mask probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of laboratory‐ confirmed influenza compared to not wearing a mask (RR 0.91, 95% CI 0.66 to 1.26; 6 trials; 3005 participants)” (Jefferson et al. (2020)).44

However, it should be noted that even if no effect is found in controlled settings, this does not necessarily imply that mandated face masks does not reduce mortality, as other factors may play a role (e.g. wearing a mask may function as a tax on socializing if people are bothered by wearing a face masks when they are socializing)."

https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/iae/files/2022/01/A-Literature-Review-and-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Effects-of-Lockdowns-on-COVID-19-Mortality.pdf?source=patrick.net

Al_Sharpton_for_President says

Helloworldtoo says

The study says 10% reduction in mortality by wearing masks.

From the study:

p.39: "There may be an effect of mask mandates, but just two studies look at this, one of which one only looks at the effect of employee mask mandates."

p.40: "Also, masks may reduce COVID-19 mortality, but there is only one study that examines universal mask mandates"

p.37: "Mandating facemasks – an intervention that was not widely used in the spring of 2020, and in many countries was even discouraged – seems to have a large effect (-21.2%), but this conclusion is based on only two studies.43

Again, our categorization may play a role, as the larger mask-estimate from Chernozhukov et al. (2021) is in fact “employee facemasks,” not a general mask mandate.

Our findings are somewhat in contrast to the result found in a review by Liu et al. (2021), who conclude that “fou...

This number is meaningless. It's just a delay at best as the virus goes endemic. Sure you can reduce mortality during the first waves. It eventually everyone will get it. The only masking that makes sense is if clearly symptomatic people wear them while they're symptomatic and in close contact with others such as public transportation, schools/universities and gatherings. Best is still staying at home when symptomatic. Done. Fuck mandates.

This video has a good argument on why masks don’t work when when there is 10+% efficacy reported.

1. To save one life it will take many people wearing masks since the efficacy of mask was measured in transmission not death. Transmission rarely leads to death.

2. Masks are studied on people who are reminded periodically or otherwise helped to wear properly yet that doesn’t happen in practice.

3. Masks must be worn properly and to date mask Nazi themselves don’t wear them properly.


https://youtu.be/E0Nk1iwbLtw

Helloworldtoo says

when there is 10+% efficacy reported.

Please cite the source for this claim.

Take the masks off kids and see what happens. We'd know in 2-3 weeks if they worked. That's the most controlled group and I think most districts are required to track positive tests in students and staff. If masks work, cases should skyrocket. Kids don't die from it, so it's the perfect test group. Unmask the kids and prove masks work.

The hole the media dug and the medical field is too deep at this point and they didn't bring a ladder. They can't lift mask mandates because it would show they were wrong and abusing children. We're in one of those scenarios where one white lie led to dozens of other lies that are obvious at this point. No one will be held accountable either.