An overview of the current evidence regarding the effectiveness of face masks. So far, most studies found little to no evidence for the effectiveness of cloth face masks in the general population, neither as personal protective equipment nor as a source control. A May 2020 meta-study on pandemic influenza published by the US CDC found that face…
Tag: Evidence-based Medicine
Millions Against Medical Mandates reports “Treatments for Covid”
DID YOU KNOW… There are safe and effective treatments and prophylactics that can help obliterate COVID-19 without risky vaccines or disastrous lockdowns? Did You Know that the NIH (National Institutes of Health) COVID-19 treatment guidelines as of 12/29/20, shockingly continue to ignore the pleas of frontline physicians using safe and effective treatments based on high quality research?…
Swiss Policy Research reports “Are Face Masks Effective? The Evidence.”
Cloth face masks in the general population might be effective, at least in some circumstances, but there is currently little to no evidence supporting this proposition. If the coronavirus is indeed transmitted via indoor aerosols, cloth masks are unlikely to be protective. Health authorities should therefore not assume or suggest that cloth face masks will…
Business Today reports “‘Not certain’: Pfizer CEO on whether COVID vaccine stops transmission”
As US-based pharma major Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE get two back-to-back emergency approvals from the UK and Bahrain health regulatory bodies, the vaccine frontrunner seems to be clueless about one major question — can their coronavirus vaccine prevent the virus’ transmission after vaccination? During a recent interview with NBC’s Lestor Holt,…
The Times reports “‘Dangerous’ to think masks will stop virus”
The epidemiologist in charge of Sweden’s coronavirus response has dismissed the scientific evidence for mask-wearing as “astonishingly weak” and suggested that making face coverings mandatory could backfire. Anders Tegnell, the face of his country’s distinctive light-touch approach to Covid-19, said it was “very dangerous” to believe that facemasks on their own could control the spread…
Medium reports “Coronavirus: Why everyone was wrong the immune response to the virus is stronger than everyone thought”
Beda M Stadler is the former director of the Institute for Immunology at the University of Bern, a biologist and professor emeritus writes: The coronavirus is slowly retreating. What actually happened in the past few weeks? The experts have missed basic connections. The immune response against the virus is much stronger than we thought. This…
Vaxxter reports “Masks don’t protect”
Wearing a mask has almost become nearly a cult-like participation and for some, masking seems to be a new fashion statement. There’s even a name given to those who refuse to wear a mask: bare face. Many governors have made masks mandatory, even if they have no legislative authority to do so. I’ve spent the last two days combing the medical literature,…
WSJ reports “Do Lockdowns Save Many Lives? In Most Places, the Data Say No”
The speed with which officials shuttered the economy appears not to be a factor in Covid deaths. Do quick shutdowns work to fight the spread of Covid-19? Joe Malchow, Yinon Weiss and I wanted to find out. We set out to quantify how many deaths were caused by delayed shutdown orders on a state-by-state basis….