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To put a number on it: surgical masks on the infectious person reduce cold & flu viruses in aerosols by 70%.32 Reducing transmissions by 70% would be as large an impact as a lockdown!

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Surgical masks on the infectious person reduce cold & flu viruses in aerosols by 70%32 – that's potentially as large an impact as a lockdown!

However, we don't know for sure the impact of masks on COVID-19 specifically. In science, one should only publish a finding if you're 95% sure of it. (...should.33) Masks, as of May 1st 2020, are less than "95% sure".

diff --git a/words/words.html b/words/words.html index 2d56c77..0cc6cec 100644 --- a/words/words.html +++ b/words/words.html @@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ the second-most important idea in Epidemiology 101:

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To put a number on it: surgical masks on the infectious person reduce cold & flu viruses in aerosols by 70%.32 Reducing transmissions by 70% would be as large an impact as a lockdown!

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Surgical masks on the infectious person reduce cold & flu viruses in aerosols by 70%32 – that's potentially as large an impact as a lockdown!

However, we don't know for sure the impact of masks on COVID-19 specifically. In science, one should only publish a finding if you're 95% sure of it. (...should.33) Masks, as of May 1st 2020, are less than "95% sure".

diff --git a/words/words.md b/words/words.md index d817e67..91c350a 100644 --- a/words/words.md +++ b/words/words.md @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ But wait – how can a simple piece of fabric block droplets in one direction, * ![](pics/masks.png) -To put a number on it: surgical masks *on the infectious person* reduce cold & flu viruses in aerosols by 70%.[^outgoing] Reducing transmissions by 70% would be as large an impact as a lockdown! +Surgical masks *on the infectious person* reduce cold & flu viruses in aerosols by 70%[^outgoing] – that's potentially as large an impact as a lockdown! However, we don't know for sure the impact of masks on COVID-19 *specifically*. In science, one should only publish a finding if you're 95% sure of it. (...should.[^replication]) Masks, as of May 1st 2020, are less than "95% sure".