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So saying the science around mask wearing isn't conclusive isn't a lie? When there's plenty of evidence that mask wearing lowers transmission?
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Why is it getting better? US / world
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Ease the sheet.
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Matagi
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PSA:
There is no conclusive and widely accepted study that proves that wearing masks does not work against spreading infections.
Thank you for your attention.
There is no conclusive and widely accepted study that proves that wearing masks does not work against spreading infections.
Thank you for your attention.
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Is the reason none of you can post any peer reviewed research showing masks were significantly effective in limiting transmission is because there isn't any?
I've only seen one paper detailing a controlled experiment regarding mask use so far. That was research performed in Denmark. Its conclusion was there was no significant difference.
That conclusion aligned with decades of research and WHO recommendations prior to this pandemic. It must be noted that those recommendations were based on a virus with greater infection and fatality rates than Covid-19.
The reality is, which many refuse to accept, is that regardless of what interventions are imposed the pandemic has followed the same course. The only exceptions being where countries have managed to keep the virus beyond their borders at considerable cost.
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No it's because you've ignored everything I've cited, so why waste my time on a dumbass like you
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Cancer deaths, treatments and diagnosis are all well down this last 12 months as well. These masks are surely wondrous things.
Of course influenza cases being down (it isn't non-existent as they are still recording 0.8 cases per 100,000) is all due to wearing masks and has nothing to do with:
- More people have been vaccinated against influenza in the USA (if not globally) in the last 12 months than in previous years;
- Over 188 million doses of flu vaccine have been distributed so far this year.
That’s a sharp increase from the 169 million doses that had been sent out at this time last year, and 163 million doses that were distributed at this point in 2018.
Schaffner believes most of these doses have been inoculated into people.
“Flu vaccination in the community started earlier this year, as recommended by the CDC, and our community physicians report that vaccine uptake has been higher than usual,” said Dr. Marie-Louise Landry, a Yale Medicine infectious diseases expert and the director of the Yale Clinical Virology Laboratory.
The CDC reported that as of Nov. 21, 44.5 million flu vaccines had been administered in adults in pharmacies so far this year, compared to 30.4 million at the same time in 2019.
- Unlike Covid-19 children are more prone to symptomatic cases of influenza than adults - closing schools may have stopped the spread of influenza;
- “It is scattered pretty much throughout the country; it’s not as though some places have a lot and other places have nothing. It’s kind of scattered and stuttering out there throughout the country,” Schaffner said.
H1N1 appears to be the predominant strain right now, according to Schaffner. H1N1 struck toward the end of the 2019–2020 flu season and has likely carried over into this season.
Foxman said even though activity is currently mild, the flu could still take off.
“The exact timing of flu season varies from year to year, so we cannot be complacent, and it is very important for everyone to get the flu vaccine this year,” Foxman said.
- Travel both within and to and from counties has always been recognised as a key vector for the spread of influenza.
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Interesting too how record low levels of influenza have been reported in Sweden.
Matagi
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To most people, they are pretty straightforward. But hey, every one at their own pace, I guess.
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Interesting also that globally many countries substantially increased the number of people eligible for free influenza vaccinations.
Matagi
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Young Padawan:
Remember: there is a difference whether you report something 'in Sweden' or 'from Sweden'.
But it doesn't matter without a source or at least a timely reference, so we let that pass.
The last official report was concerned with the 2019 / 20 season and reported a mild season.
https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publicerat-material/publikationsarkiv/i/influenza-in-sweden-2019-2020-season/?pub=80782
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Trying telling that to a child under the age of 7! Probably why most countries don't enforce children to wear masks. Part of the reason also is it is difficult enough to get adults to follow the correct protocols from putting on and taking off masks. If you get that protocol wrong then using a mask was a waste of time as the outside of the mask has acted as an accumulator.
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That was for the pre-covid year not the last 12 months. Keep up Grasshopper!
The "mild season" in the 2019-20 year was suggested as a reason why the initial high Covid-19 mortality amongst the very old in residential care. It was also significantly milder than its Nordic neighbours.
The latest season in Sweden has been reported as a record low which is backed up by the EDC and WHO surveillance programmes.
Matagi
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I fully agree and never claimed otherwise.
Our test subject here however opted to not substantiate his view any further with a link or something just as eye-opening.
Remember, young Padawan: you, too, can post links and statistics to confuse your opponent.
But be wise when to use this tactic.
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I have not, will not and currently am in no way not denying that it is not an unusual season with less than few numerous cases.
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So getting back to @d'ranger's hypothesis that "wearing masks has resulted in influenza being non-existent". It would appear that low levels of influenza is the result of a number of factors given that countries with varying levels of stringency have all had low levels of influenza. One of the perennial flaws in influenza case number determination particularly when comparing it Covid-19 is the lack of comprehensive testing programs. Certainly not at the level we see with Covid-19. Influenza case number determination globally is based on the extrapolation of respiratory disease presentation and random sentinel testing.
