Scott Adams with the gold!!
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Has Scott stopped promoting mask-wearing, or is he still all in on that 'science'? Just wondering if he follows his own advice.
Maybe he doesn't know WHAT to do anymore? Either way, this is a very nice red pill for the brain washed masses.
I see your reasoning, I can see that in theory that masks might reduce the viral load,
but many studies for years have found no benefit.
This. There are literally dozens of studies over the past 10 years that show no statistical difference in wearing or not wearing a mask to prevent passing or getting a virus. All the drops end up in the mask which still go right through the fabric.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article A May 2020 meta-study on pandemic influenza published by the US CDC found that face masks had no effect, neither as personal protective equipment nor as a source control.
https://swprs.org/face-masks-evidence/ Danish RCT study
https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/masking-lack-of-evidence-with-politics/ no evidence for the effectiveness of cloth masks against virus infection or transmission.
https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/-/new-study-reveals-blueprint-for-getting-out-of-covid-19-lockdown mask requirement was of no benefit and could even increase the risk of infection.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data University of Illinois concluded face masks have no effect in everyday life, neither as self-protection nor to protect third parties
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2006372 cloth face masks offer little to no protection in everyday life.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.30.20047217v2 An April 2020 Cochrane review (preprint) found that face masks in the general population or health care workers didn’t reduce influenza-like illness (ILI) cases.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.01.20049528v1 "evidence is not sufficiently strong to support widespread use of facemasks”
http://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/13523664 Japanese researchers found that cloth masks “offer zero protection against coronavirus”
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577 A 2015 study in the BMJ Open found cloth masks may increase infection risk
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/02/01/Millions-in-Japan-affected-as-flu-outbreak-grips-country/9191549043797/ Japan, despite widespread use of masks, had influenza epidemic
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-6817 The recommendation to wear surgical masks to supplement other public health measures did not reduce the SARS-CoV-2 infection rate among wearers.
The risks outweigh the sole benefit. Herd immunity is preferable anyway.
100 million covid particles can fit on the head of a straight pin. Tell me how a mask will prevent those particles, which can only be seen with an electron microscope, from getting through a piece of cloth?
Meanwhile, go through a store and touch items which have already been touched by someone who coughed into their hand before putting on the mask.
Scott Adams has a lot of silly beliefs, but when he's right (like above), he's right.