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2023-08-24 16:35:35 UTC - NOT_MISLEADING

NNN. The Cochrane review, in addition to being methodologically flawed, doesn’t say that masks are ineffective. The Editor-in-Chief had to issue a statement saying as much. https://www.cochrane.org/news/statement-physical-interventions-interrupt-or-reduce-spread-respiratory-viruses-review https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/03/11/cochrane-says-review-does-not-show-that-face-masks-dont-work-against-covid-19/amp/

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• NNN. The Cochrane review, in addition to being methodologically flawed, doesn’t say that masks are ineffective. The Editor-in-Chief had to issue a statement saying as much. https://www.cochrane.org/news/statement-physical-interventions-interrupt-or-reduce-spread-respiratory-viruses-review https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/03/11/cochrane-says-review-does-not-show-that-face-masks-dont-work-against-covid-19/amp/