"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." ...

The study also looked into interventions and their effectiveness ... "We now have evidence from a randomized, controlled trial that mask promotion increases the use of face coverings and prevents ...

The researchers only added randomized controlled trials (RCTs) looking at the effect of physical interventions to protect against illness, including mask-wearing. RCTs are the optimal method to ...

The stance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on face masks has taken many twists and turns throughout the COVID pandemic. After initially claiming face coverings weren’t ...

Yes, wearing a mask really does work to reduce the spread ... it’s important to understand the effectiveness of available interventions to limit the spread of disease, he says.

However, a 2023 Cochrane review was interpreted by some to mean that masks do not work and that mask mandates had no ... of masks versus control interventions. The general criteria for the quality ...