Collision Resistance@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoNew Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warnwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square820fedilinkarrow-up1750arrow-down157cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1693arrow-down1external-linkNew Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warnwww.independent.co.ukCollision Resistance@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square820fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareDurotar@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-21 year ago The science on whether mass masking is effective is far from settled Be kind and wear a mask until it’s settled that they don’t help. All we know, it’s very hard to measure whether they’re effective or not.
minus-squarePiers@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoFWIW, they definitely do work. The issue is that it’s quite hard to produce effective studies to confirm if they work one way or another to point to to say “see, we’ve proved they work, now put one on!”
Be kind and wear a mask until it’s settled that they don’t help. All we know, it’s very hard to measure whether they’re effective or not.
FWIW, they definitely do work. The issue is that it’s quite hard to produce effective studies to confirm if they work one way or another to point to to say “see, we’ve proved they work, now put one on!”