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'Non evidence based activism regarding dominant modes of viral transmission' - AHS SAG 'Certain online actors'
Joined October 2016
We know #COVIDisAirborne, spreading via inhaled aerosols. Any mask will provide some source control, but given Delta's formidable transmissibility, it's time for #bettermasks to maximize protection for ourselves and others. Keys to #bettermasks: ✅FILTER ✅FIT ✅FUNCTION 🧵1/
More evidence COVID is being spread primarily through aerosols, underscoring the importance of wearing higher quality masks if you want to protect yourself from spread.
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Excellent article. Informative, clear, direct. One of the best of the pandemic. Great job @jvipondmd @sameo416 @Mark_Ungrin -- thank you!! A few highlights below in thread (there are /many/ more in the article which is well worth a read)! (1/) https://t.co/k05W1ATDEv
scientificamerican.com
New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work
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Great new work from absolute public health heroes @jvipondmd @Mark_Ungrin @sameo416 in @sciam Masks work. Distorting science to dispute the evidence doesn’t https://t.co/qhmLL4IP11
scientificamerican.com
New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work
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Glad to see media taking an interest in the Cochrane debacle. Please dig into the Annals masks vs. respirators study, which is similarly problematic https://t.co/MWcvgWSv4K
thestar.com
While the editor-in-chief of the Cochrane Library said it was ‘inaccurate’ to say they’d said masks don’t work, experts aren’t sure that’s going to clarify things.
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How the Cochrane Review went wrong. Report questioning COVID masks blows up, prompts apology
thestar.com
While the editor-in-chief of the Cochrane Library said it was ‘inaccurate’ to say they’d said masks don’t work, experts aren’t sure that’s going to clarify things.
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Your turn, @AnnalsofIM Retract the unbelievably flawed RCT that has done so much damage
Wow. Cochrane revises THAT mask study. Reality: "....the results were inconclusive." "...scientific evidence is never immune to misinterpretation, we take responsibility for not making the wording clearer..." "...we apologize.” https://t.co/8UWDH977Gf cc @DFisman @GidMK
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Also, sorry, especially (#notall) MDs. Randomization whenever possible is great—and essential for drug trials—but it's not always possible. MDs don't get to decide all rules of science. Natural experiments, regression-discontinuity, case control, labs... That's also evidence.
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Welcome to the nightmare everyone! Jefferson and Conly are to masks, as Malone is to mRNA vaccines. Glad this reality is finally getting some coverage.
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Wow. Cochrane revises THAT mask study. Reality: "....the results were inconclusive." "...scientific evidence is never immune to misinterpretation, we take responsibility for not making the wording clearer..." "...we apologize.” https://t.co/8UWDH977Gf cc @DFisman @GidMK
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Analysis | Can clean air actually make you more sick? That's what some business leaders are suggesting
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"Gold standard"
New review on masks & Covid isn’t what you think https://t.co/i8pVZPwwU5 by @KelseyTuoc via @voxdotcom cc @DFisman @GidMK Review mixes studies (78, most non-pandemic) with 2 (more positive) COVID mask studies. “...really surprised that @cochranecollab let this go through.”
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New review on masks & Covid isn’t what you think https://t.co/i8pVZPwwU5 by @KelseyTuoc via @voxdotcom cc @DFisman @GidMK Review mixes studies (78, most non-pandemic) with 2 (more positive) COVID mask studies. “...really surprised that @cochranecollab let this go through.”
vox.com
A meta-analysis seeks to be the last word on the effectiveness of masks, but finding answers in science isn’t that easy.
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Professor Rania MacIntyre slams ‘gold standard’ Cochrane Review mask verdict https://t.co/T1iFhnkzFz via @newscomauHQ
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So nothing much has changed about beliefs about transmission of respiratory pathogens?
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