QUOTE: There is new research that has been released showing that masks are ineffective, regardless of type.
And it’s not just new research, it’s high quality research.
The Annals of Internal Medicine just published a randomized controlled trial comparing the ability of medical masks to prevent COVID infection to fit-tested N95s.
Importantly, this trial was conducted on healthcare workers who would be most likely to use masks appropriately.
That trial design was also important as it was meant to determine whether or not N95 respirators were superior to “regular” surgical masks.
They examined 29 different health care facilities on multiple continents, from North America to Asia and Africa.
The percentage of healthcare workers testing positive for COVID in each group was tracked to determine how effective or ineffective higher-quality masking was in preventing infection.
Unsurprisingly, the results confirmed that there is essentially zero difference between surgical or N95 respirators when it comes to tests results.No matter how “high quality” your mask is, it’s entirely irrelevant.
The researchers also took pains to ensure that the control and treatment groups shared as many similarities as possible.
Yet none of that mattered; there was no difference in outcomes between the medical and N95 level masks.
Even more importantly, these disappointing results were from facilities with universal masking policies in place.
This is yet another randomized controlled trial to show that masks do not work. If “The Experts™” actually cared about following “the science,” or “the evidence,” this would once again be the nail in the coffin for masking. More like the 40th nail in the coffin.