[timr]

> The Danish study is self reported with no policing of wearing a mask correctly at appropriate times and always using clean masks (not reusing masks from day to day).

So was the Bangladesh study. They did some surveys to estimate the rate of compliance, but it's not like there was a mask policeman following the participants around.

If only you folks would spend half as much effort reading the studies you prefer as you do the ones you dislike, you might be more credible.

> The Bangladesh study found masks were effective.

The Bangledesh study found a grand total of 20 infections separating the two arms of the surgical mask study. Out of thousands. A total effect size of 0.09%. It found that cloth masks had no significant effect.

Also, my favorite: It found that one color of cloth mask was significantly different than the other one. We all know that viruses have a strong red/blue preference, right?

Maybe we should be a little circumspect about what "significance" means here.

[manicdee]

I am not sure why you are attributing motive to me when I am simply pointing out the flaws in an anti-masker’s supposed supporting evidence.