Masks

The wearing of masks lost its significance early on when it became a political issue not a health issue. In the beginning common sense convinced many people that a mask should help but some objected to being told they must wear a mask and then it became political. The experts all came forth saying that masks would prevent the spread of Covid and other respiratory illnesses and the sides were drawn. As time passed the effectiveness of mask were studied and early studies suggested that the mask was not has helpful as the experts thought. Over the past three years more and more studies showed that the mask were not that effective and recently studies show the mask was not effective. Cochrane is the global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, carers and people interested in health. The gold standard for medical evidence is the randomized clinical trial, and the gold standard for analyzing this evidence is Cochrane (formerly the Cochrane Collaboration), the world’s largest and most respected organization for evaluating health interventions. We now have the most authoritative estimate of the value provided by wearing masks during the pandemic: approximately zero. The most rigorous and extensive review of the scientific literature concludes that neither surgical masks nor N95 masks have been shown to make a difference in reducing the spread of Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses.