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by NoPie 486 days ago
We now know that masks were barely effective or not effective at all. They could even be net negative by causing people to take more risks.

Isolating was the only way. A lot of elderly in the UK did this successfully and never got covid. Lockdowns, masks and schools closures did not affect the spread significantly. We know this because Sweden did not mandate these things and had about the same amount of people getting covid until vaccines arrived. The benefits were that Sweden had less mortality from other causes.
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archagon 486 days ago
A well-fitted N95 mask is almost perfectly effective. I have been in a number of situations where my maskless companions got COVID but I (wearing a 3M Aura) did not.
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NoPie 485 days ago
That applies only to lab conditions. No RCTs have found much effectiveness so far in real life.
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archagon 485 days ago
I'm sorry, but that is some absurd nonsense if we're talking about N95 masks and not surgical masks. You have been misinformed.
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NoPie 485 days ago
The RTCs didn't find significant difference between N95 and surgical masks in hospital settings.

How can a request for evidence be absurd?

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