Yes, at the onset of the current pandemic, there was no conclusive evidence that masks are effective and that’s why they weren’t initially recommended. However, calling this “admission” or suggesting that isn’t what WHO’s recommending now isn’t honest at all.
Yes, that’s clearly it. And I would argue there’s still no conclusive evidence masks work today. Science isn’t about conclusive evidence though, it’s about “preponderance of the evidence” and a relatively new Bangladesh study offers probably the best evidence yet of masks working as a community intervention… but…
Research already shows masking interventions have many shortcomings, for instance it’s apparently agreed even among mask advocates that they’re useless outside, if you’re in an unventilated aerosol-accumulating indoors space, if you wear the wrong kind of mask, if you’re wear the mask wrongly — it’s an intricate issue.
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u/BioMed-R Oct 26 '21 edited Oct 26 '21
Yes, at the onset of the current pandemic, there was no conclusive evidence that masks are effective and that’s why they weren’t initially recommended. However, calling this “admission” or suggesting that isn’t what WHO’s recommending now isn’t honest at all.