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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 4510537" data-attributes="member: 1940"><a href="https://fee.org/articles/new-study-casts-more-doubt-on-effectiveness-of-masks-in-preventing-covid-19-spread/" target="_blank">New Study Casts More Doubt on Effectiveness of Masks in Preventing COVID-19 Spread</a>Research published in the <a href="https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-1342" target="_blank">Annals of Internal Medicine </a>last month found that both surgical and cloth masks proved ineffective in preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.Conducted by clinical researchers at several universities in Seoul, South Korea, the study involved four patients receiving medical care for COVID-19. (Previous studies researching the efficacy of masks examined transmission of other viruses.)Unfortunately, the results were <a href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/new-study-questions-the-effectiveness-of-masks-against-sars-cov-2?fbclid=IwAR1CqYsKCEKtl_--iXzSzdeIoa_RUSHbBfHmxTV5EeOomudHH1j_nLQCmWM" target="_blank">not encouraging</a>.Pandemics are scary, and fear is a powerful force. But as my colleague Sean Malone recently observed, when collective fear tramples individual liberty, really bad things tend to happen.So choose to wear a mask or choose to not wear one—but resist the temptation to force or shame others over their decision.The bottom line is people deserve a choice, and good ideas generally don’t require force.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 4510537, member: 1940"] [URL='https://fee.org/articles/new-study-casts-more-doubt-on-effectiveness-of-masks-in-preventing-covid-19-spread/'][SIZE=5][B]New Study Casts More Doubt on Effectiveness of Masks in Preventing COVID-19 Spread[/B][/SIZE][/URL] Research published in the [URL='https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-1342'][I]Annals of Internal Medicine [/I][/URL]last month found that both surgical and cloth masks proved ineffective in preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Conducted by clinical researchers at several universities in Seoul, South Korea, the study involved four patients receiving medical care for COVID-19. (Previous studies researching the efficacy of masks examined transmission of other viruses.) Unfortunately, the results were [URL='https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/new-study-questions-the-effectiveness-of-masks-against-sars-cov-2?fbclid=IwAR1CqYsKCEKtl_--iXzSzdeIoa_RUSHbBfHmxTV5EeOomudHH1j_nLQCmWM']not encouraging[/URL]. Pandemics are scary, and fear is a powerful force. But as my colleague Sean Malone recently observed, when collective fear tramples individual liberty, really bad things tend to happen. So choose to wear a mask or choose to not wear one—but resist the temptation to force or shame others over their decision. The bottom line is people deserve a [I]choice[/I], and good ideas generally don’t require force. [/QUOTE]

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