[ExI] the science might be wrong

[Dave Sill]

On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 1:26 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On 22/01/2021 00:31, Spike wrote:
> > With masks in particular, data accumulates showing they don't really do
> much, if anything.
>

Someone should tell the medical establishment that: they could save a
fortune on surgical masks. (Yeah, I get that they're designed for the
purpose and that compliance is near 100%. We could have designed pandemic
masks, too.) And even if masks don't work well, the burden of wearing one
is small enough that I really don't understand why people are rabidly
opposed to them.

Just as with statistics about deaths, statistics about masks are pretty
> useless. At least as useless as the masks themselves, probably more.
>

Yeah. Assuming that mask wearing is statistically better where there are
mandates is probably iffy.

-Dave
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