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Can everyone please RT this? The idea that masks "create a false sense of security" has ZERO basis in fact. It came from WHO and has been uncritically parroted by *everyone*. @celliottability just emphasized the primacy of physical distancing. Masks *ENHANCE* physical distancing.
Studies from Italy https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.12446.pdf">https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.... & Germany https://osf.io/es7kt/ ">https://osf.io/es7kt/&qu... show mask-wearing results in better physical distancing.
Polling from McMaster https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/new-polling-from-mcmaster-researcher-majority-of-canadians-already-started-wearing-masks-ahead-of-official-recommendation/">https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/... & EKOS https://twitter.com/ProbitInc/status/1255472559040147457shows">https://twitter.com/ProbitInc... shows mask-wearers more compliant w other measures across the board.
Polling from McMaster https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/new-polling-from-mcmaster-researcher-majority-of-canadians-already-started-wearing-masks-ahead-of-official-recommendation/">https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/... & EKOS https://twitter.com/ProbitInc/status/1255472559040147457shows">https://twitter.com/ProbitInc... shows mask-wearers more compliant w other measures across the board.
Why? The German and Italian studies find that masks act as a social device. They convey that these aren& #39;t normal times, we& #39;re in the middle of a pandemic. No masks = things are normal, distancing is lax. Yes masks = a visual cue / reminder to behave accordingly.
Apart from being an important source control measure (see: literally there& #39;s a new study every day), they act as a multiplier for other measures. Masks don& #39;t subtract. In fact, they do more than add: they enhance all other health measures. The intransigence on masks is insane.
"False sense of security" claim appears to come from early WHO guidance https://who.int/docs/default-source/documents/advice-on-the-use-of-masks-2019-ncov.pdf">https://who.int/docs/defa... No evidence cited. Researchers in Lancet report "unaware of any empirical evidence" of the claim https://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30918-1/fulltext">https://thelancet.com/journals/... Narrative has been uncritically adopted / repeated.
We& #39;re literally discarding actual studies on the benefits of mask use in favour of unfounded hearsay. Like, WTF. So what& #39;s really going on? A potent cocktail of confirmation bias, group-think, ego-defence mechanisms, etc. from PH paired w free-market ideology among Ford et al.
Ontario just adopted a laissez-faire approach to public health. You do do. Complete dereliction of duty. It& #39;s now the wild west.
SARS-CoV-2 just clicked the like button on Ford& #39;s presser. It& #39;s smiling. Popped open the Moet. Is now clinking champagne flutes with fellow virons.
SARS-CoV-2 just clicked the like button on Ford& #39;s presser. It& #39;s smiling. Popped open the Moet. Is now clinking champagne flutes with fellow virons.
Listen to him at the top of the presser: safe re-opening, all in this together, give confidence to shoppers, support our economy. I call BS.
US Surgeon General just said masks = freedom: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/14/health/us-surgeon-general-coronavirus-masks/index.html
If">https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/1... we don& #39;t mandate masks, we& #39;re begging for a second lockdown.
US Surgeon General just said masks = freedom: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/14/health/us-surgeon-general-coronavirus-masks/index.html
If">https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/1... we don& #39;t mandate masks, we& #39;re begging for a second lockdown.
For anyone making it this far, go here: https://www.masksformunicipalities.ca/ ">https://www.masksformunicipalities.ca/">... Your local council and your local public health units are your only hope. Just get one or two more of these to budge, and maybe we& #39;ll course correct at the provincial level.
