“When you talk about the peer-reviewed studies of masks, there was one done in Denmark, showed that it didn’t work. When you look at all of Sweden — 1.8 million children have not been wearing masks for the last two years, they’ve had zero covid deaths. And you say, ‘Well, have the teachers been infected?’ Well, it turns out the teachers are infected at the same rate as the rest of the public. So, they’ve had no masks for a year, year and a half. And it has worked. And that’s a whole country.”
When Paul talks about “the peer-reviewed studies of masks,” he is referring to only one study, from Denmark, and he’s twisting what it says.
That’s especially true for recently infected people who don masks when they go outside the home. They may not be showing symptoms, but they are carrying a high viral load. The face covering works as a stopper, capturing many infectious airborne particles before they can reach another person.
Although Sweden has seen a very low rate of child mortality from covid-19, Paul’s statement that no Swedish children have died of the disease also is inaccurate.
From April to June 2020, researchers tracked 6,024 participants for a study in Denmark, which did not recommend mask-wearing in public at the time. Cafes and restaurants were closed during most of this period; public health authorities were recommending quarantine for those with the coronavirus, as well as social distancing and limiting face-to-face encounters.
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