{"id":2039,"date":"2021-02-22T05:37:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T05:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2021-02-22T05:37:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T05:37:55","slug":"landmark-study-finds-masks-are-ineffective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/landmark-study-finds-masks-are-ineffective\/","title":{"rendered":"Landmark Study Finds Masks Are Ineffective"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2020\/12\/03\/efficacy-of-surgical-masks.aspx?ui=76e8b35543fe823bef2bb80618c90ffbaead1d8a09fb841ef256f6916944776f&amp;cid_source=dnl&amp;cid_medium=email&amp;cid_content=art1HL&amp;cid=20201203&amp;mid=DM736688&amp;rid=1025930424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2020\/12\/03\/efficacy-of-surgical-masks.aspx?ui%3D76e8b35543fe823bef2bb80618c90ffbaead1d8a09fb841ef256f6916944776f%26cid_source%3Ddnl%26cid_medium%3Demail%26cid_content%3Dart1HL%26cid%3D20201203%26mid%3DDM736688%26rid%3D1025930424&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614058655188000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH-6SQhwYNJkxF3omTt6dW-jwiOXg\">Landmark Study Finds Masks Are Ineffective<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3 id=\"m_-2168239609269734857expanderHead\"><strong>STORY AT-A-GLANCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"m_-2168239609269734857expanderContent\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span id=\"m_-2168239609269734857bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">The first randomized controlled trial of more than 6,000 individuals to assess the effectiveness of surgical face masks against SARS-CoV-2 infection found masks did not statistically significantly reduce the incidence of infection<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span id=\"m_-2168239609269734857bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">Among mask wearers, 1.8% ended up testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, compared to 2.1% among controls. When they removed the people who did not adhere to proper mask use, the results remained the same \u2014 1.8%, which suggests adherence makes no significant difference<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span id=\"m_-2168239609269734857bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">Among those who reported wearing their face mask \u201cexactly as instructed,\u201d 2% tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 compared to 2.1% of the controls<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span id=\"m_-2168239609269734857bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3\">1.4% tested positive for antibodies at the end of the month-long study compared to 1.8% of controls<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span id=\"m_-2168239609269734857bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4\">0.5% in the mask group and 0.6% tested positive for one or more respiratory viruses other than SARS-CoV-2<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Landmark Study Finds Masks Are Ineffective \u00a0 STORY AT-A-GLANCE The first randomized controlled trial of more than 6,000 individuals to assess the effectiveness of surgical face masks against SARS-CoV-2 infection found masks did not statistically significantly reduce the incidence of infection Among mask wearers, 1.8% ended up testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, compared to 2.1% among &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/landmark-study-finds-masks-are-ineffective\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Landmark Study Finds Masks Are Ineffective&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2040,"href":"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions\/2040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}