Another prime example of let's attack the person, when if he had any brains he would know that you dispute an argument by having a better or stronger argument
Doo Doo Doo
I already attacked your ability to interpret data. You don’t even have the ability to distinguish a primary scientific article vs a commentary article. It got old fast
Thank you I missed it. Several things
-this is a review in itself, not primary literature. Anyway we can still review the review
His summary
“No RCT study with verified outcome shows a benefit for HCW or community members in households to wearing a mask or respirator. There is no such study. There are no exceptions. Likewise, no study exists that shows a benefit from a broad policy to wear masks in public (more on this below).
Furthermore, if there were any benefit to wearing a mask, because of the blocking power against droplets and aerosol particles, then there should be more benefit from wearing a respirator (N95) compared to a surgical mask, yet several large meta-analyses, and all the RCT, prove that there is no such relative benefit. Masks and respirators do not prevent spread”
1. His argument is no RCT has been performed DURING the pandemic. This was true in June 2020 when he wrote this, however is no longer true. Furthermore the evidence behind surgical masks preventing droplet spread has been documented for the last 2 decades in multiple different journals and countless articles. Just pubmed “surgical mask droplet”
2. Bolded, where he basically digs his own grave. Correct RCT have demonstrated minimal differences in droplet prevention with conventional surgical masks and N95s. To extrapolate from this statement that
since there is no added benefit with N95 use, that surgical masks do not confer benefit, is devoid of any logic. The reference articles he himself posted demonstrated reduce droplet transmission in surgical masks and N95, compared to no mask. AKA surgical mask prevents respiratory droplets JUST as well as N95s.
His own reference article that stated N95/surgical masks provide droplet protection, contrary to his then extrapolation that surgical masks don’t provide protection
HIS reference article:
https://www.cmaj.ca/content/188/8/567Lastly his bit on ventilators was funny. Mini paragraph on how ventilators dont help prevent spread. Ok lol? Did someone say they do? Ventilator is there to keep you alive. That paragraph kinda told the audience that he needs to stick to whatever his field is
I can see why the 2 peer reviewers destroyed this article
I know you posted 5 other articles, can you perhaps pick one of them for me that is your favorite and I’ll read that one also
Thank you