"I suppose it depends greatly on the kind of critter and what condition your dinner was found in."

Like everything, fresher is better. Older means you need more spice...just like in real life!

And condition? I'd guess roadkill is worse than found under a wind turbine, since the latter is at least pre-sliced.

" You're gaping."

Translation: Talking about the efficacy of masks makes me think of GAY SEX!

We get it: you're a raging closet case. Truth be told, EVERYTHING makes you think of gay sex.

" Go on and tell yourself that."

You told ME you didn't understand the math.

You're so dumb you don't even realize.

" If you think up a valid point I'll reply tomorrow."

You're such a moron, you don't realize the difference between .08 and 10.5.

" I will not respond to you again here."

You've said that two dozen times, and you were lying every time you said it.

I don't expect this to be any different.

You mislead on one study, and proved you don't understand the math in the other.

If you're embarrassed, that's on you.

" The review examined masks as they were actually used in the real world and found little or no difference."

And part of the blame went to the lack of public education.

Of course, part of "actually used in the real world" is admitting morons can be misled by a science-illiterate President.

" You're grasping."

Bullschittt. YOU'RE MISLEADING ABOUT THEIR CENTRAL FINDING.

You're just embarrassed you got caught.

" From the Cochrane review,"

The conclusion wasn't because masks were ineffective, it's because the public wasn't properly using them.

You misrepresented their central point.

" Mine was Cochrane."

And you misstated its conclusion, as I proved upthread.

You also still haven't shown any understanding of the underlying math.

You're either woefully ignorant, or you're gaslighting about Cochrane's conclusion.

"Across the comparisons of different masks and no mask groups, the overall reduction in infection was minimal and statistically uncertain."

And yet the example you gave showed a dramatic, double-digit drop.

I'm very sorry you don't understand the math. You were using .08 like it was compared to 100. The comparison is to .76

It's only "minimal" if you don't understand the definitions and the math.

" I don't know what Trump had, and I didn't hear him on a recording sharing it with a civilian who shouldn't have the information."

What a riot. You just admitted your "news" sources don't believe you can handle the truth.

"36K deaths. Assuming your number is correct."

Reread Dr. Birx as many times as it takes.

In a nutshell, she blames the last million American deaths on Trump.

It became political to NOT wear a mask and NOT get a vaccine. Those deaths will always be at Trump's feet.

"the common number I've seen 36,000 deaths could have been prevented if we shut down a week earlier."

Take it from one of Trump's Doctors of choice:

"There were about 100,000 deaths that came from that original surge," she said. "All of the rest of them, in my mind, could have been mitigated or decreased substantially"
~Dr. Deborah Birx

"Died of what exactly? Like people in car/motorcycle wrecks who tested positive? "

I see you flunk Health 101 as well.

If folks were in a car wreck, and would've survived but for complications from Covid...what do YOU put on the Death Certificate?

" At the beginning of the pandemic, I heard one prediction that largely proved correct. COVID would continue spreading until enough of the population had developed immunity to produce a degree of "herd immunity."

That's EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE of what Trump said and did.

" The 0.08 percentage point difference came from the Bangladesh study."

It was a 10.5% reduction.

The percentage point difference is HUGE, when you're talking about the base number of possibly fatal infections.

You clearly don't understand the underlying math, and what it ACTUALLY means.

" Of course, when Trump contracted Covid, boy, did he get some care far out of the reach of those who were unfortunate enough to make the mistake of listening to him push medicine show "remedies.""

My brother and SIL are doctors; she just semi-retired after running the pediatric pathology department at a major university. They were endlessly helpful during that time, telling us upfront it would be two years, not two weeks or two months. When Trump got Covid, my SIL listened to the treatment, and then exclaimed-

Oh YEAH! I want monoclonal antibodies, too!

At that point (checks notes...) NO ONE was getting that protocol.

"Yes, that works out to a 10.5% reduction. But in actual numbers, the rate fell by only 0.08 percent from 0.76% to 0.68% "

That's a 10.5% reduction. And with over a million contracting it, that's over 80,000 people affected.

Your claim of a "modest" benefit simply means you don't understand the math.

If a researcher found a way to reduce contagion of the common cold by over 10%, they'd win the Nobel Prize .

"Yes, that works out to a 10.5% reduction...But in actual numbers..."

Thanks for admitting publicly you don't understand the underlying math.

" it remains a modest benefit"

A 10.5% reduction in transmission during a pandemic is modest?!? YOU DON'T KNOW WTF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

"the claim that mask mandates had been conclusively proven to provide substantial protection."

That's on morons like you who concluded if ANYONE who wore a mask and still got Covid that meant masks don't work. Misinformation like yours contributed to their deaths.

"and then believe the Cochrane review was BS."

You completely misrepresented the conclusion.

Were you lying, or gaslighting?

"That is an absolute difference of only 0.08 percent "

Math moron.

The rate drops 10.5%.

Actual Math: 8/76 = 10.5%

"So yes, the Yale study is evidence of a modest possible benefit."

Modest? Possible?!? That statement looks dumber every time I read it.

"yet symptomatic, antibody-confirmed infection declined from 0.76% to 0.68%."

That's a 10.5% reduction, idiot.

You'd have to be a moron not to believe that's an important number during a pandemic.

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"Yes, scientific evidence demonstrates that masks were worth it during the COVID-19 pandemic because they significantly reduced viral transmission and saved lives"

Not now!

BillJohnson has grass growing in his yard!!!

"Inflation rose 3.5% in June compared to a year earlier"

Does ANYBODY believe that???

If they're admitting 3.5%, it's probably double that.