The New York Times
2023-02-23
The New York Times published a column mentioning a recent scientific study from Harvard University that has shown that facemasks have had no beneficial effect in stopping the COVID pandemic. This powerful media has so far published another different discourse on this subject. Despite there was already various previous evidence or investigations that revealed the opposite, like many other medias, they have chosen to repeat the same explanation that the powerful instilled, but now they have begun
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 make any difference,” he told the journalist Maryanne Demasi. “Full stop.”
But, wait, hold on. What about N-95 masks, as opposed to lower-quality surgical or cloth masks?
“Makes no difference, none of it,” said Jefferson.
What about the studies that initially persuaded policymakers to impose mask mandates?
“They were convinced by nonrandomized studies, flawed observational studies.”
What about the utility of masks in conjunction with other preventive measures, such as hand hygiene, physical distancing or air filtration?
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