survivaldealer Loc: NE Utah

This is true

btbg

What is there that you do not understand. "The review is not able to address the question of whether mask-wearing itself reduces people's risk of contracting or spreading respiratory viruses." That's the part that you choose to quote. What do you think that means? The review can't address that because there was no difference in the mask groups and the non-mask groups. If there was a difference then they could address the question. Since there was no difference in scientific terms that means the results were inconclusive. But in laymans terms inconclusive means there was no difference. No difference means that masks don't work. How hard is that to understand? Whether you wore a mask or didn't wear a mask the outcome was statistically the same. And, initially that is exactly what the writers of the Cochrane Report said. Then the Cochrane Library was threatened with losing their funding, so they used "inconclusive" to claim that they could not tell whether masks might work or not, but if you have ever had a science statistics class inconclusive just means that statistically both groups did the same. The really amazing thing is that it was within the margin of error, but the non-mask wearers actually did slightly better. Just read the report and you will see that's what the data shows.

btbg

Don't agree with everything in that post, but it is provable that Fauci lied. Look at all the evidence that Rand Paul has collected. Fauci lied to congress when he said that the NHI did not fund gain of function research in China. He lied when he said masks work, because just weeks earlier he answered a private email telling a friend that a mask would provide her with no benefit. And, he lied about the virus occurring naturally.

As to Ivermectin, the data from India seems to show that it works as does the data from the immigrants to the U.S. from certain parts of Africa that we require to take Ivermectin before we allow them to enter the country. Surprise, they didn't get sick. Ivermectin absolutely works both as a preventative and if given right away as soon as someone contracts covid, or for that matter virtually any other virus.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

""Just out of curiosity, I used one for sawing wood and spray painting, and they're worthless even for that""
Stupid is stupid does! Covid masks are designed to capture Covid and Flu and Cold bugs - nothing else.

Ernie1945 Loc: Oxford, Ohio

This guy woke up and decided to see how much controversy he could stir up today. We all rewarded him.

srron Loc: Courtice,On.

About 30 different studies in the early days of the plandemic reached the same conclusion that the blue/white masks are ineffective at stopping viruses. They also concluded that N95 masks were only effective if they fit properly, in other words custom fit,which is one reason why surgens and others wear visors. If the mask doesn't stop viruses when you inhale then they aren't going to stop them when you exhale

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I might try the local "Nature Man." He claims to cure anything by concentrating on his patients. He can also concentrate on preventing people from getting sick. He doesn't accept money - just a donation of fruit. Science is over-rated. 🤣

In case any of you thought I was being serious, I wasn't.

srron Loc: Courtice,On.

Yes, one has to wonder where the flue went for 2 or 3 years.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

srron Loc: Courtice,On.

How do you know it was due to vaccines, I haven't had the flu for 50 years because I never had a flu vaccine.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

I keep praying, please God don’t make mandatory mask wearing return.

srron Loc: Courtice,On.

How did the pharmaceutical companies do 10 to 12 years testing in the space of 9 months and to top that 4 different companies came up with a so called vaccine all in the same week? The existence of VARRS ( Vaccine Adverse Reaction Reporting System ) tells me that we were the guinea pigs for testing after it was said the jabs were "safe and effective"

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

As some others have said, masks do help.
But I think how much they help depends on quality, tightness, proximity, and duration of being around people.
If you are around a lot of people for an extended time, your odds of not catching from an infected person goes down even with a tight fitting N95.

But it's funny how we've become mentally done with Covid, even though Covid is not done with us.

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

The Lone Ranger agrees.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Because they got off their bums.