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I disagree. for example, a journalist could simply ask the CDC about page 20, in this leaked presentation here:. https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/cdc-breakthrough-infe...

where it uses metrics of ~20% effective in protecting masks wearers from catching the disease in a model.

instead, we have the media saying that rand is wrong, and CNN chasing doctors that dare say that masks don't prevent all spread.

the media has long decided that some facts are best not shared, but now they are complicit with a censorship regime where we all know that masks don't work 100%, but we also know that we will get punished for saying it out loud.

things that were called misinformation from CNN:

- masks don't always work - vaccines sometimes have side effects - you will most likely survive covid - vitamin c and d will help you fight covid.

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To be clear I’m not saying there should be a centralized authority. I’m just saying that a “use citations” rule doesn’t get around the conundrum that somebody has to evaluate the citations.