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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It would be nice if they could prove that the random proteins they call viruses are actually disease causing organisms, in the first place.

From the article: "Inconclusive results, missing data, variable adherence, patient-reported findings on home tests, no blinding, and no assessment of whether masks could decrease disease transmission from mask wearers to others."

[–]Intuit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Seems like they only tested whether masks protect the wearer, and not whether they protect others from an infected wearer. Even so the mask apparently reduced infection rate for wearer by 15%.