Amazing thread on that big mask meta-analysis.
TLDRR:
- The mask-effectiveness literature is infuriatingly scattershot
- The Cochranee analysis is deeply flawed in often hilarious ways
- The only thing to be said confidently is that the Bret Stephenss column was very terrible https://twitter.com/tomaspueyo/status/1630000803141255169
Do masks work?
Recently, some ppl have started claiming it's proven that they don't. Is this true?
I dove into the details, went to the sources, and what I found was so ridiculous it was FUNNY:
