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Let me rephrase: If you feel the need to wear a mask, do it. If not, don't.

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in the prior this has high probability based on logic and the experience of many years

Reality can be counter-intuitive if you put your logic and experience to the test. Famous example: Using diuretics for antidiuretic effects [1]

Even a banal situation like wearing a face mask during surgery leads to inconclusive results [2]. Does it increase or decrease the number of cases of wound infections? There seems to be no clear evidence atm

[1] https://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/15/11/2948

[2] https://www.cochrane.org/CD002929/WOUNDS_disposable-surgical...

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