Meanwhile, the updated Cochrane analysis shows that they analyzed 12 RCT’s on masks which finds no benefit.
Your link quote: “there is no RCT for the impact of masks on community transmission of any respiratory infection in a pandemic” from Feb 2021.
RCT’s are by far the best studies as you know.. Your link shows that the CDC and a Fauci enforced their mask mandate without the strong evidence required to impose the vastly impactful public health policy that they did.
This link proves that the NAS, like the CDC, NIAID, and NIH were all acting in concert…..but without solid data for a damaging policy.
Further, the linked article specifically notes the absence of definitive studies…..and then cherry picks observational analysis from a myriad of sources while not listing any of the many conflicting studies. Hardly a fair review which became the hallmark of COVID era medical publishing under political pressure.
The new Cochrane Review is far more credible given that it reviews 12 large RCT’s…..exactly what your link says that it lacked. It failed to show any significant benefit of masks.
Your claim that “masks work” in the context of general popularity use for preventing the spread of viral infection is absolutely absurd given what everyone knows now. I will attribute your lack of understand of this to being “out of your lane”.
Link: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full