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Evidence indicating that face masks can help control the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has grown since the virus first emerged, upending life around the world. In March, we outlined the evolving research on the efficacy of face masks and explained why experts support their use.
But a stubborn thread of misinformation falsely claiming that masks do not work, and are actually dangerous, continues to be recycled and shared a year-plus into the pandemic.
Viral headlines in recent days have wrongly purported that a “Stanford Study” proved that masks are ineffective and dangerous. In reality, the paper in question was one author’s hypothesis and didn’t come from anyone currently affiliated with the university.
Fact Check: Stories falsely cite Stanford study to misinform on face masks Share Updated: 11:14 PM CDT Apr 22, 2021 By Angelo Fichera, FactCheck.org Share Updated: 11:14 PM CDT Apr 22, 2021
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Show Transcript primary reason that you should wear a mask for anyone should wear a mask is because a mask or a face covering reduces the potential that you might infect someone else. And what we re seeing with this disease is that in some reports, up to 60% of people that are infected show no signs or symptoms, so they have no idea that they re infected. They re going and interacting with Grandma and grandpa, parents, siblings, um, and exposing all of those individuals. What we re seeing, actually, report just came out today. That really showed that the viral levels of the level of virus that I have if I have no symptoms whatsoever, is exactly the same as the viral levels of somewhere was severely ill and requires hospitalization. So wh
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.
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