{"id":121616,"date":"2022-06-01T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/2022\/06\/01\/masking-more-harms-than-good\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T17:51:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T17:51:00","slug":"masking-more-harms-than-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/masking-more-harms-than-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Masking: More Harms Than Good?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>F\u00f6gen, Zacharias MD\u2217 <em>The Foegen effect<\/em>, Medicine: February 18, 2022 &#8211; Volume 101 &#8211; Issue 7 &#8211; p e28924 doi: 10.1097\/MD.0000000000028924<\/p>\n<p>Abstract: Extensive evidence in the literature supports the mandatory use of facemasks to reduce the infection rate of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). However, the effect of mask use on the disease course remains controversial. This study aimed to determine whether mandatory mask use influenced the case fatality rate in Kansas, USA between August 1st and October 15th 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This study applied secondary data on case updates, mask mandates, and demographic status related to Kansas State, USA. A parallelization analysis based on county-level data was conducted on these data. Results were controlled by performing multiple sensitivity analyses and a negative control.<\/p>\n<p>A parallelization analysis based on county-level data showed that in Kansas, counties with mask mandate had significantly higher case fatality rates than counties without mask mandate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extensive evidence in the literature supports the mandatory use of facemasks to reduce the infection rate of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which causes COVID-19. However, the effect of mask use on the disease course remains controversial. 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