Comment on Lockdowns and face masks ‘unequivocally’ cut spread of Covid, report finds
Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
This is news? I thought we already knew that loke one year or more ago…
Comment on Lockdowns and face masks ‘unequivocally’ cut spread of Covid, report finds
Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
This is news? I thought we already knew that loke one year or more ago…
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
We’ve basically known it since germ theory, or maybe before. Still, it doesn’t hurt to have the study to point crazy people to. They won’t believe it, but it at least ensure anyone else reading might not trust them.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Remember when early in the pandemic the news and the CDC was saying masks won’t help?
barrbaric@hexbear.net 1 year ago
Yep, they lied to people in an attempt to save the supply of masks for people in health care because there weren’t enough stockpiled. And they wonder why people don’t trust them anymore.
Hyperi0n@lemmy.film 1 year ago
No…
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I remember it as saying they won’t be perfect and won’t help enough, and also that people in critical positions (Healthcare specifically) needed them and the supply was limited. I don’t think I ever heard from an official source that they wouldn’t help, but I’ve heard many people say they said that.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Here is an overview of how the government’s recommendations changed over time. They were explicitly advising against wearing face masks. Ex: