I’m EXHAUSTED by the ongoing BS about masks. I did some research and found the REAL study that should wrap this up for awhile….for SOME of you anyway…the rest that are having their Constitutional rights taken away should go volunteer at a Covid nursing home and leave one extra mask for someone who needs it!
My FINAL word on masks….I searched the literature and found a very large meta-analysis of 172 STUDIES published in The Lancet one of the oldest and most highly regarded international medical journals. It’s a long and tedious article but it’s here for you to read. This is from the discussion area as published and unedited. I don’t care what Rand Paul or any other “medical ” people have to say about a topic that THEY are making up things about WITHOUT this kind of data. So here is the DISCUSSION from the article: “The findings of this systematic review of 172 studies (44 comparative studies; n=25 697 patients) on COVID-19, SARS, and MERS provide the best available evidence that current policies of at least 1 m physical distancing are associated with a large reduction in infection, and distances of 2 m might be more effective. These data also suggest that WEARING MASKS PROTECT PEOPLE (both health-care workers and the general public) against infection by these coronaviruses, and that eye protection could confer additional benefit.” THAT should pretty much wrap it up!
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31142-9/fulltext
Have a great day and be safe!
Thanks Jon!