robmatic wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:48 amBimbo plus some cranks on Youtube.Carter's Choice wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:35 pm So just to clarify, on one side of the argument we have all world's leading epidemiologists, who are in almost in universal agreement that wearing face masks can help slow the spread of Covid-19. And on the other side of the argument we have bimboman, an internet troll with no medical qualifications, who likes making outlandish posts on a rugby forum to attract negative attention. It's really tough to know which side to believe![]()
The best so far is “could” with no control subjects. And you’ve bolded the bit about respirators and surgical mask not cut up socks and bits of cloth.
In reality we have more outbreaks in France , Spain, and the UK with strict mask policies and almost nothing in Germany with very lax mask policies.
Oh, and I don’t care what you personally think of me.
Face mask use could result in a large reduction in risk of infection (n=2647; aOR 0·15, 95% CI 0·07 to 0·34, RD −14·3%, −15·9 to −10·7; low certainty), with stronger associations with N95 or similar respirators compared with disposable surgical masks or similar (eg, reusable 12–16-layer cotton masks; pinteraction=0·090; posterior probability >95%, low certainty).