Fact-checking this information or rather misinformation tells an entirely different story
In recent days, a piece of news is getting viral, which cites Stanford University claiming that masks do not work to avoid contracting coronavirus, and are actually dangerous.
However, fact-checking this information, or rather misinformation, tells an entirely different story.
FactCheck.org said that the research being quoted was a hypothesis and did not come from anyone associated with Stanford University.
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It further said that the research paper was not an original "study," but an author's propose explanation based on a review of previous studies.
Journal Medical Hypotheses, an outlet that calls itself "a forum for ideas in medicine and related biomedical sciences," published the study for the first time in November.