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- “Medical masks should be reserved for health care workers”.
- “The use of medical masks in the community may create a false sense of security...”.
- “The use of masks made of other materials (e.g. cotton fabric)... has not been well evaluated. There is no current evidence to make a recommendation for or against their use in this setting.”. Today: we know cloth masks are of no use, per RCT reported in the Cochrane study.
- “Covid is transmitted by infectious droplets...”. Wrong. This incorrect assumption led to the wrong advice about hand washing, mask wearing, etc.
