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I don't know that I agree with that part. I think we have come a long way in preventing deaths where we weren't back in March and April, etc.
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11-19-2020, 02:16 PM | #47342 |
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Nearly 50,000 doctors and scientists, 630,000 citizens have signed global anti-lockdown proclamation
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11-19-2020, 02:20 PM | #47343 | |
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According to them, the number of people seeking help is just going way up. I think most of us knew that already, though. |
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11-19-2020, 02:31 PM | #47344 | |
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11-19-2020, 02:33 PM | #47345 | |
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11-19-2020, 03:57 PM | #47346 | ||
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11-19-2020, 04:39 PM | #47347 | |
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"The findings, however, should not be used to conclude that a recommendation for everyone to wear masks in the community would not be effective in reducing SARS-CoV-2 infections, because the trial did not test the role of masks in source control of SARS-CoV-2 infection. During the study period, authorities did not recommend face mask use outside hospital settings and mask use was rare in community settings (22). This means that study participants' exposure was overwhelmingly to persons not wearing masks." |
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11-19-2020, 04:45 PM | #47348 | |
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11-19-2020, 04:48 PM | #47349 |
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Anyone watch the Task Force press conference?
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11-19-2020, 04:53 PM | #47350 |
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11-19-2020, 05:40 PM | #47351 |
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When it comes to masks, it appears there is still little good evidence they prevent the spread of airborne diseases. The results of the Danmask-19 trial mirror other reviews into influenza-like illnesses. Nine other trials looking at the efficacy of masks (two looking at healthcare workers and seven at community transmission) have found that masks make little or no difference to whether you get influenza or not.
But overall, there is a troubling lack of robust evidence on face masks and Covid-19. There have only been three community trials during the current pandemic comparing the use of masks with various alternatives – one in Guinea-Bissau, one in India and this latest trial in Denmark. The low number of studies into the effect different interventions have on the spread of Covid-19 – a subject of global importance – suggests there is a total lack of interest from governments in pursuing evidence-based medicine. And this starkly contrasts with the huge sums they have spent on ‘boutique relations’ consultants advising the government. The only trials which have shown masks to be effective at stopping airborne diseases have been ‘observational studies’ – which observe the people who ordinarily use masks, rather than attempting to create a randomised control group. These trials include six studies carried out in the Far East during the SARS CoV-1 outbreak of 2003, which showed that masks can work, especially when they are used by healthcare workers and patients alongside hand-washing. But observational studies are prone to recall bias: in the heat of a pandemic, not very many people will recall if and when they used masks and at what distance they kept from others. The lack of random allocation of masks can also ‘confound’ the results and might not account for seasonal effects. A recent observational study paper had to be withdrawn because the reported fall in infection rates over the summer was reverted when the seasonal effect took hold and rates went back up. This is why large, randomised trials like this most recent Danish study are so important if we want to understand the impact of measures like face masks. Many people have argued that it is too difficult to wait for randomised trials – but Danmask-19 has shown that these kind of studies are more than feasible. And now that we have properly rigorous scientific research we can rely on, the evidence shows that wearing masks in the community does not significantly reduce the rates of infection. WRITTEN BY Prof Carl Heneghan & Tom Jefferson Carl Heneghan is professor of evidence-based medicine at the University of Oxford and director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Tom Jefferson is a senior associate tutor and honorary research fellow at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...d-of-covid-19- |
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11-19-2020, 05:43 PM | #47352 | |
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11-19-2020, 05:45 PM | #47353 |
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I wear one all the time, but yeah wouldn't be surprising if tha piece of shit is not preventing much of anything
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11-19-2020, 05:46 PM | #47354 |
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11-19-2020, 05:47 PM | #47355 |
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I think the politicians needed something to keep everyone busy. Instead of focusing on protecting the weak and frail, or making sure the sick stay home (that would cost $$$) they came up with put a piece of cloth on your face.
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