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by aeternum 1598 days ago
The question is how effective masks are w.r.t. Covid. For this the test really needs to be seroprevalence, not just symptoms. Symptoms can be caused by many non-Covid causes like allergies or the common cold.

The researchers state:

> We selected the WHO case definition of COVID-19 for its sensitivity, though its limited specificity may imply that the impact of masks on symptoms comes partly from non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory infections