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    Karla Soares-Weiser, Editor-in-Chief of the Cochrane Library, has responded on behalf of Cochrane: Many commentators have claimed that a recently-updated Cochrane Review shows that ‘masks don’t work’, which is an inaccurate and misleading interpretation. It would be accurate to say that the review examined whether interventions to promote mask wearing help to slow the spread of respiratory…

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    • And will all the people who made definitive statements about what this analysis concluded now clarify their positions? I expect not. Statement on 'Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses' review. #masks https://t.co/s76gbF0ol7

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    A study that used wastewater signals to identify cases of COVID-19 found that even a small increase in the proportion of people wearing masks at elementary schools in one California county significantly reduced the chance of a case.

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    • Wastewater study finds #masks prevent #COVID-19 in schools https://t.co/23JNXzUldF cc @GidMK @DFisman @DrJenGunter @rkfmiller: "...it's really promising for how we can be effective even with real-world masking strategies, and how it doesn't have to be all or nothing."