“Unpacking the multiple layers of wrong assumptions: Layer 1: An implicit misunderstanding of how electret filters work - thinking that they’re like sieves rather than the overlapped sticky spider webs that they are.” a great explainer thread
Masks Work
Unpacking the multiple layers of wrong assumptions:
🧵 refuting a spurious case against mask requirements in healthcare
Why Masks Work Better Than You Think: An Interactive Essay
The Multiplicative Power of Masks An Explorable Essay on How Masks Can End COVID-19
"By doing the math on masks, we'll see how when 60% of people wear 60% effective masks, disease transmission drops by as much as 60% — roughly what's needed to stop the spread of COVID-19."
Masks Work. Distorting Science to Dispute the Evidence Doesn't
Masks Work. Distorting Science to Dispute the Evidence Doesn’t
New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work
New mask thread. Addresses
New mask thread. Addresses
- Why so much controversy?
- Airborne transmission
- RCTs of masks - strengths/weaknesses, community, healthcare settings
- Meta-analyses - gold standard or lazy lumping?
- Non-RCT evidence - why is it needed, what does it show?
- AOB
A debunking thread of common antimasking talking points:
A debunking thread of common antimasking talking points:
Well, only 3 years in to this 🤡, and time to say it again I guess:
Excellent related thread on how filters work: Quote
The body of evidence for the protective benefit of masks, updated with multiple new studies, for community and health care settings
The body of evidence for the protective benefit of masks, updated with multiple new studies, for community and health care settings