Another fake "fact check" from Facebook

[steven36]

The following is a news analysis.

 

 

Once again another "fake" Facebook "fact check" that is nothing more than disinformation and propaganda.

 

This "fact check" takes on a peer-reviewed, published scientific study about the effectiveness of masks when it comes to virus spread. The Facebook "fact checker" gave his or her opinion that the information in the study is "false."

 

 

This sort of information manipulation by Facebook, Twitter, Google and other Big Tech companies is increasingly intrusive and dangerous, in my view. That means they are no longer merely platforms; they are editorial publishers. They comprise a group of political activists disseminating false information and trying to censor and shape public opinion. As such, they aren't entitled to lawsuit protections under section 230.

 

Previously, Facebook fake "fact checked" a documentary about the origins of coronavirus. Facebook falsely claimed the information in the documentary was untrue. In reality, the "fact checkers" were in no position to know. Furthermore, the documentary did not make any claims about the origins, it simply looked at various discussions and evidence.

 

When digging around and looking for context about the "fact checkers" in that instance, I learned that Facebook was relying, in part, on a U.S. scientist who worked at the Wuhan, China lab in question to disparage any notion of the virus coming from that facility, though she admitted she had no information on the matter! That conflict of interest was not disclosed in the fake "fact check."

 

 

Source

[steven36]

The study  she posted was done by Annals of Internal Medicine .It is an academic medical journal published by the American College of Physicians. It is one of the most widely cited and influential specialty medical journals in the world.

 

Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Danish Mask Wearers

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-6817

 

And fakebook  says it's not true because it's  a real study done  on SARS-CoV-2 that wearing a mask  may not really help it didn't make a difference  .

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Conclusion: The recommendation to wear surgical masks to supplement other public health measures did not reduce the SARS-CoV-2 infection rate among wearers by more than 50% in a community with modest infection rates, some degree of social distancing, and uncommon general mask use. The data were compatible with lesser degrees of self-protection.

 

 

 

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WHO acknowledges that we lack evidence that wearing a mask protects healthy persons from SARS-CoV-2 (prevention)

 

If a person has the virus they should be quarantine  because all  the studies  that WHO and the CDC  going by are based on other respiratory illness  and not SARS-CoV-2 itself they have no real proof  it even helps. Now someone needs to run a test in a setting were  everyone wore a mask and see do it help. Only they have proof it dont help.

 

The CDC study said it didn't help ether most people wearing a mask still caught it.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6936a5-H.pdf

 

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Despite this new scientific information, the CDC, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, and many political authorities are still encouraging people to wear masks. Many states and cities have even mandated masks, citing them as one of the main tools to “slow the spread” of coronavirus and keep case numbers in their area down.

 

False hope ?  this makes two test showing it dont help . It dont seem to be slowing down in the  USA any because people ware mask . Most people do. I stay away from people as much i can  is reason ive not caught it i guess.