[jrnichols]

> The Bangladesh one said surgical masks were "modestly effective."

And then the raw data came out and there was a difference of maybe 20 cases.

The gold standard is an RCT, and it failed to show any benefit to masks in general.

Masks work great on mannequins or hamsters but they are essentially useless as a public health measure. We learned this in 1912. I am astonished that so many people still cling to them and claim "masks work" when we have overwhelming data that as a non-pharmaceutical intervention, they really don't. unless 100% of the people wear an N95 24/7.

The masks were well past their usefulness in 2019.