Excellent take down of a particular CDC "article" claiming mask mandates have an effect on hospitalizations. Or masks in general. Fairly detailed, extensively referenced article. All of which I've documented above, but here it is in one place. Links in the article to all references.
This sort of actual science will have no effect on the SAFETY CULT because they are irrational sheeple incapable of critical thinking and likely mentally ill (to be determined by a future edition of the DSM).
https://www.aier.org/article/the-cdcs-mask-mandate-study-debunked/The CDC’s Mask Mandate Study: Debunked“Trusting the science means relying on the scientific process and method and not merely ‘following the leader.’ It is not the same as trusting, without verification, the conclusory statements of human beings simply because they have scientific training or credentials. This is especially so if their views and inquiry have become politicized.”
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En face, CDC’s conclusion on mandates might appear to make sense unless one is familiar with the scientific data pertaining to the ineffectiveness of masking for prevention of the spread of Covid-19 (e.g. references 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) in which case the findings in fact contradict most of what is now known. The CDC’s conclusion might have made more sense if the real-world evidence we have about mandates did not actually exist (e.g. references 1, 2, 3, 4).
Does the CDC really think that masks prevent the wearer from getting Covid, or from spreading it to others? The CDC admits that the scientific evidence is mixed, as their most recent report glosses over many unanswered scientific questions. But even if it were clear – or clear enough – as a scientific matter that masks properly used could reduce transmission, it is a leap to conclude that a governmental mandate to wear masks will do more good than harm, even as a strictly biological or epidemiological matter.