[OAN Network] The CDC has admitted face masks do little to prevent the spread of COVID-19 amid mounting pressure to lift mask mandates across the U.S. In a new study, the CDC found face masks had a negligible impact on coronavirus numbers that didn’t exceed statistical margins of error.The other side of this Rantburg posting, both draw completely different conclusions from the same study.
The study found that between March and December 2020, face mask orders reduced infection rates by 1.5 percent over the rolling periods of two months each. The masks were 0.5 percent effective in the first 20 days of the mandates and less than 2 percent effective after 100 days.
That's correct, but the previous media reporting assumed right-thinking people would agree that was significant enough to continue face masks forever.
The CDC added it still recommends wearing face masks, although
Oh yeah, those Neanderthal thinkers.
Synthesis:
Option 1: Masks good, restaurants bad.
Option 2: Masks are not statistically significant.
Both refer to the same study, both are correct. It's a matter of degree. Sort of.
Aside from the fact that the "study" does not differentiate between the number or quality of masks, and made no distinction between outdoor and indoor dining. And the root of the study is, "Do you sick people remember doing this thing last month, before you got sick?"
Not exactly a "Gold Standard" study, is it?
Therefore, I think Option 2 is closer to "The Truth".