According to the Cochrane review, we don't have evidence that masks worked. This assertion makes the report less trustable.
Vaccines have high level of evidence. Closures probably don't have any evidence at all.
Vaccines have high level of evidence. Closures probably don't have any evidence at all.
> Many commentators have claimed that a recently-updated Cochrane Review shows that 'masks don't work', which is an inaccurate and misleading interpretation.
> It would be accurate to say that the review examined whether interventions to promote mask wearing help to slow the spread of respiratory viruses, and that the results were inconclusive. Given the limitations in the primary evidence, the review is not able to address the question of whether mask-wearing itself reduces people's risk of contracting or spreading respiratory viruses.
https://www.cochrane.org/news/statement-physical-interventio...
As far as recommendations go in medicine go – thing can be recommended only if they have evidence. The review found that we don't have such evidence.