It is noticeable how, despite all the social distancing, mandatory use of face coverings & many still staying home, the influenza & pneumonia rate continues to track its 5-year average, just as it was doing at the start of the year; i.e. #facemasks are not impacting transmission. https://twitter.com/DrJohnHayward/status/1303254513390936070">https://twitter.com/DrJohnHay...

With just 756 #COVID19 patients in hospital across the whole of the UK—537 in England; 27 in the Eastern region, of whom only 1 requires mechanical ventilation—no wonder hospital staff I& #39;ve spoken with despair that most rooms are still set aside and they can& #39;t see other patients.

"The highest-quality evidence so far is…published in June in Health Affairs, which found that U.S. states instituting mask mandates had a 2% reduction in growth rates of Covid-19 compared with states without these mandates."
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00818">https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/... via https://www.wsj.com/articles/masks-are-a-distraction-from-the-pandemic-reality-11603927026">https://www.wsj.com/articles/...

The wait is over and Henning Bundgaard& #39;s #DANMASK19 results are as expected:

"At the end of the trial, there was no statistically significant difference in the infection rates between the two groups." @Rigshospitalet #facemasks https://twitter.com/DRBreaking/status/1329062017597140993">https://twitter.com/DRBreakin...