donderdag 23 februari 2023

New York Times:The efficacy of masks is Zero

 

OPINION

BRET STEPHENS

The Mask Mandates Did Nothing. Will Any Lessons Be Learned?

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A collage of nine photographs of dirty masks discarded on the street.
Credit...Benjamin Lowy

Opinion Columnist

The most rigorous and comprehensive analysis of scientific studies conducted on the efficacy of masks for reducing the spread of respiratory illnesses — including Covid-19 — was published late last month. Its conclusions, said Tom Jefferson, the Oxford epidemiologist who is its lead author, were unambiguous.

“There is just no evidence that they” — masks — “make any difference,” he told the journalist Maryanne Demasi. “Full stop.”

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A collage of nine photographs of dirty masks discarded on the street.

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