You seem like an open-minded bloke without an agenda. Here you go....
"Face Masks Against COVID-19: An Evidence Review"
Jeremy Howard, Austin Huang, Zhiyuan Lik, Zeynep Tufekci, Zdimal Vladimir, Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen, Arne von Delft,, Amy Price, Lex Fridmand, Lei-Han Tang,, Viola Tang, Gregory L. Watson, Christina E. Baxs, Reshama Shaikh, Frederik Questier, Danny Hernandez, Larry F. Chu, Christina M. Ramirez, and Anne W. Rimoint
"Our review of the literature offers evidence in favor of widespread mask use to reduce community transmission: nonmedical masks use materials that obstruct droplets of the necessary size; people are most infectious in the initial period post-infection, where it is common to have few or no symptoms(10–16); non-medical masks have been effective in reducing transmission of influenza; non-medical masks have been shown to be effective in small trials at blocking transmission of coronavirus; and places and time periods where mask usage is required or widespread have shown substantially lower community transmission."
files.fast.ai/papers/masks_lit_review.pdf
I ask for proof and you provide a ****ing opinion piece from a bunch of partisan retards? Are you ****ing kidding me.
And how do they arrive at these conclusions?
Do they use studies? Noooooooo. That'd be scientific.
What then?
Oh they use MODELS!!! LMFAO And guess who they cite? Neil Ferguson!!!! The same Neil Ferguson who had to resign at the Imperial College of London, best known for his massively failed models or having an affair during his own ridiculous guidelines.
From the editorial:
"Models suggest that public mask wearing is most effective at stopping spread of the virus when compliance is high."
So they have no evidence of their claims.
And:
"Efficacy of face masks within local interventions would have an aggregate effect on the reproduction number of the epidemic. What is the magnitude of such an effect? The HKBU COVID-19 Modelling Group developed a transmission model that incorporated mask wearing and mask efficacy as a factor in the model."
Again, no evidence.
If you were wondering if it was only a little bullshit, or an entire feed lot of bullshit after the cattle had been overfed for a month straight, fear not, they spell it out for us:
"Another important benefit of recommending universal mask wearing would be to serve as a visible signal and re-minder of the pandemic, and given the importance of ritual and solidarity in human societies (70), it is plausible that visible, public signaling via mask wearing can potentially in-crease compliance with other health measures as well, such as keeping distance and hand-washing."
There it is. IT'S A ****ING VIRTUE SIGNAL!!! Like we need a ****ing reminder
If I were you, I'd wear a mask too. Not because they stop viruses, but because I'd be so ashamed I peddled this garbage.