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It always amazes me when someone ignores the 99 studies that show masks are effective, and highlights the one that says maybe they’re not. Cherry picking in action!

Just one of the literally hundreds of studies showing effectiveness: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7883189/




Is this meant to be irony? You seem to have not read the link. It's a meta-review of 78 randomised control trials. It is literally the opposite of cherry picking.

You then cherry pick one review saying the opposite.


> It's a meta-review of 78 randomised control trials.

If your only tool is meta-reviews of RCT studies, then condoms don't work either:

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD...

https://jech.bmj.com/content/65/2/100


Say the line, Bart.




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