More bookmarked links. again, I’ll try to be organized, but that’s not easy for me!

One of my favorite links on why this isn’t true, because it’s a video for anti-vaxers who don’t read: https://youtu.be/eAdanPfQdCA

An article outlining much of the same: https://www.wired.com/story/the-physics-of-the-n95-face-mask/

h/t to Leo Lam: https://www.epa.gov/sciencematters/epa-researchers-test-effectiveness-face-masks-disinfection-methods-against-covid-19

Face masks for children do more good than harm: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/COVID-19/Pages/Cloth-Face-Coverings-for-Children-During-COVID-19.aspx

The CDC on masks: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/masking-science-sars-cov2.html

Masks don’t block oxygen: https://smartairfilters.com/en/blog/n95-face-mask-limit-breathe-oxygen/

A few from Dr. Ian MacKay’s Twitter thread on masks before Twitter gets exploded…

N-95s and air filtration: https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/226/2/199/6582941?login=false

How much protection you get from different types of masks: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/commentary-what-can-masks-do-part-1-science-behind-covid-19-protection

Any mask is better than no mask: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2110117118

And another h/t to John E. Canuck, who filled a thread with good information that shouldn’t disappear just because Twitter does…

JAMA article on mask-wearing to control community spread of covid: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2776536

Universal masking reduced covid cases in health care workers: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768533

Systematic review/meta-analysis on effectiveness of masking and other measures: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31142-9/fulltext

Another review: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014564118

Masking cuts infection rates in half: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2789302

Even surgical masks help: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-masks-covid-19.html

Again, any mask is better than nothing: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02786826.2022.2053656

Lifting masking requirements in schools + more covid: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2211029

Masks in schools prevent spread outside of schools, too: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/149/6/e2022056687/185379/School-Masking-Policies-and-Secondary-SARS-CoV-2?autologincheck=redirected?nfToken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

School masking helped prevent Delta cases: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/mandatory-masking-schools-reduced-covid-19-cases

Yep, masks in schools still reduce transmission: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/20/13511

So we have a lot of evidence debunking the claim in the title. I hope this is enough, but there will probably never be enough to satisfy the covidiots. Keep yourselves and your loved ones safe.