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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4771215" data-attributes="member: 63706"><p>Where's the empirical evidence? I'd happily change my tune if someone showed me reliable data that shows, on any scale (population wide or individual) that wearing masks has any impact on the spread of respiratory illness causing viruses. </p><p></p><p>The CDC claims to base their recommendation on a "rapid review" of studies. I read the review and the studies, and even though the study authors recommended mask use in some cases, they didn't base those recommendations on the data that they obtained from their own studies, which showed no significant protection against spreading ILI.</p><p></p><p>It's really quite remarkable how easily people are led astray by people they think are authorities. Did you notice that none of the experts recommended masks in the beginning, then, out of nowhere, they changed their minds? Any idea why that is? They, especially Fauci, based their earlier recommendations on the established science, and did their flip-flop act based on polling data. </p><p></p><p>Somehow, enough people who were polled decided that since doctors and nurses wear masks, that means masks will work in this particular context, and outside of clinical settings (even in clinical settings masks have pretty limited effectiveness). Those people were and are wrong, but the "experts" gave them what they wanted, and came up with extremely weak evidence to support it after the fact. That's not how science is conducted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4771215, member: 63706"] Where's the empirical evidence? I'd happily change my tune if someone showed me reliable data that shows, on any scale (population wide or individual) that wearing masks has any impact on the spread of respiratory illness causing viruses. The CDC claims to base their recommendation on a "rapid review" of studies. I read the review and the studies, and even though the study authors recommended mask use in some cases, they didn't base those recommendations on the data that they obtained from their own studies, which showed no significant protection against spreading ILI. It's really quite remarkable how easily people are led astray by people they think are authorities. Did you notice that none of the experts recommended masks in the beginning, then, out of nowhere, they changed their minds? Any idea why that is? They, especially Fauci, based their earlier recommendations on the established science, and did their flip-flop act based on polling data. Somehow, enough people who were polled decided that since doctors and nurses wear masks, that means masks will work in this particular context, and outside of clinical settings (even in clinical settings masks have pretty limited effectiveness). Those people were and are wrong, but the "experts" gave them what they wanted, and came up with extremely weak evidence to support it after the fact. That's not how science is conducted. [/QUOTE]
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