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[–] braxy29@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

here. just the first two research results for a simple google search "did masks work research."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10446908/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8499874/

i mean.... you could look into it? know that it's difficult to set up an ideal study during a pandemic.

edit - also, it's hard to take you seriously in this debate when you aren't bothering to ACTUALLY LOOK AT SOME RESEARCH yourself. but i see you making lots of comments making a show of concern.

[–] lemminger@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)
[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Even the guy he was replying to said nothing about mandates. I'd argue that's a related but different topic.

[–] lemminger@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

you are probably right. I'll see myself out.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well I wouldn't have said you needed to delete the comment, I just didn't want the antimasker taking support from it when it was dubiously related. 🙂

[–] lemminger@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

I appreciate that :)

[–] CableMonster@lemmy.ml -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

From all that I have seen and heard its at best split or the impact is so small that it is not noticeable. I think most of the ones that say it worked involved healthcare setting where trained people used good masks, not me at home depot with a mask from a box.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

What I can say is that during the "mask years", I seriously never got a cold, flu, or Covid. I usually get a cold at least once or twice a year. I think it's still been a while since I've had one. My sister actually just got Covid about 2 weeks ago, I wore a mask around her for a few days and never caight it, tho I had a booster 6 months before, and she was about a year out. I took 3 home tests over 5 days and they were all negative.

[–] CableMonster@lemmy.ml -3 points 8 months ago

Cool, I dont really know how this relates to the overall effectiveness of masks. I am going to guess that you were very cautious and took all kinds of precautions.