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2023-10-31 21:42:11 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The study is not peer reviewed. The authors argue that errors may have occurred and infer from that the opposite must be true. This is a typical logical fallacy. In terms of causal inference, the evidence that not using masks increases infection rates is still missing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causal_inference

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• The study is not peer reviewed. The authors argue that errors may have occurred and infer from that the opposite must be true. This is a typical logical fallacy. In terms of causal inference, the evidence that not using masks increases infection rates is still missing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causal_inference