[nzealand]

> This is an assertion. The best available data from randomized controlled trials shows a minimal effect:

> https://vinayprasadmdmph.substack.com/p/do-masks-reduce-risk...

From your link

> Scientists have lost any consistent standards for evidence appraisal.

Just... wow.

The underlying paper was published, not on a peer reviewed scientific site, but Cato, which is a libertarian institute.

[timr]

> > Scientists have lost any consistent standards for evidence appraisal.

> Just... wow.

Solid rebuttal.

> The underlying paper was published, not on a peer reviewed scientific site, but Cato, which is a libertarian institute.

So what? Have you read it, or are you just disparaging it because you don't like the server where it is hosted? The authors are doctors from UCSF, and experts in medical evidence.

[nzealand]

Reading the paper was the first thing I did, unfortunately.

I read it, until I realized it had no data, and that it was completely biased towards a single narrative.

Only then did I look to see who published it.