CDC mask study gains attention for unbelievable fine print
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are still pushing wearing masks indoors for all they are worth, releasing a new study that purportedly shows that Californians who don masks or respirators indoors are less likely to test positive for COVID.
“A new @CDCMMWR study shows that people who reported always wearing masks or respirators in indoor public settings in California were less likely to test positive for #COVID19 compared with those who reported not wearing a face covering. Learn more,” the CDC tweeted.
The study contends, “Consistent use of a face mask or respirator in indoor public settings was associated with lower odds of a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result (adjusted odds ratio = 0.44). Use of respirators with higher filtration capacity was associated with the most protection, compared with no mask use.”
“In addition to being up to date with recommended COVID-19 vaccinations, consistently wearing a comfortable, well-fitting face mask or respirator in indoor public settings protects against acquisition of SARS-CoV-2 infection; a respirator offers the best protection,” the study asserts.
One commenter on Twitter nailed it by noting that the real point is in the fine print: “Fine print in lower right corner says benefits of cloth masks are ‘Not statistically significant.’”
Another user was unimpressed with the polling, tweeting: “*Self-reported. So a survey of a few hundred mask-obsessed people were more likely to say masks worked. Big surprise… not scientific evidence.”
One savvy individual methodically listed the drawbacks of the study: “1- No reporting about symptoms or severity of infections 2- OR not adjusted for comorbidities and health condition. (and no statement on adjustment for mask compliance in 2nd analysis) 3- Mask compliance fully based on a qualitative self-reporting indicator 4- It’s done by CDC.”
A number of people picked up on the “Not statistically significant” label on the graph as well.
Grabien founder Tom Elliott sarcastically snarked, “The CDC is a serious organization conducting serious science and definitely should not be defunded immediately,” after seeing the subjective study.
“I don’t get why you make a public statement such as this about a study that explicitly says the veracity can’t be determined. You continue to damage your credibility with the public, and make you a less trusted source of information,” another user asserted.
And if all of that wasn’t bad enough, Jodi Beggs, who is a data scientist, brutally laid the results of the study bare, tweeting, “you are actively trying to conflate correlation with causation in order to push ineffective policies, shame on you.”
“More specifically, unless you control for vaccination status and behavior these numbers mean basically nothing,” she concluded.
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Mervyn
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Expecting a mask to protect you from covid is like expecting a chain-link fence around you to protect you from mosquitos.
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ЯΞ√ΩLUT↑☼N
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Not only that, bacteria are 1000x bigger in size than teeny virus and can easily be caught up in a warm, wet mask that’s a perfect breeding ground for them including mould spores and fungus. Then people adjust this thing 1000x a day, spreading that muck with their fingers onto fruits and veggies in supermarkets, and transferring onto their mask again what others left behind. They might as well be licking public toilet door handles.
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itsme
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even worse – you are breathing in your own toxins after 20 minutes
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Squidly
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Even worse, you are creating a bacterial petri dish right on your face and inhaling everything it produces. Stupidity knows no bounds. I just scoff at people I see wearing masks. Shake my head and chuckle.
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Whokoo
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Even worse. It increases your chances of developing facial skin lesions and pimples, especially during summer heat. plus rebreathing higher densities of CO2 is very naughty .
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Ken Hughes
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‘and just how many used a respirator?
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coronistan.blogspot.com
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“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are still pushing wearing masks indoors for all they are worth, releasing a new study that purportedly shows that Californians who don masks or respirators indoors are less likely to test positive for COVID.”
So what? The tests are pure fraud! The test results are meaningless!
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ЯΞ√ΩLUT↑☼N
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Note that the mathematics of the term “less likely” is statistically akin to rolling dice.
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