It’s amazing to think that common sense used to exist before 2020.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480558/
"Statistical analysis of the extracted data revealed no statistically significant association between mask usage and the incidence of surgical site infection. The study concluded that ‘it is unclear whether the wearing of surgical facemasks by members of the surgical team has any impact on surgical wound infection rates for patients undergoing clean surgery’
Another unavoidable aspect of this debate is that of public perception. In the public psyche, facemasks have become so strongly associated with safe and proper surgical practice that their disposal could cause unnecessary patient distress."
“ONA's well-regarded expert witnesses, including Toronto infection control expert Dr. Michael Gardam, Quebecepidemiologist Dr. Gaston De Serres, and Dr. Lisa Brosseau, an American expert on masks, testified that there was insufficient evidence to support the St. Michael's policy and no evidence that forcing healthy nurses to wear masks during the influenza season did anything to prevent transmission of influenza in hospitals. They further testified that nurses who have no symptoms are unlikely to be a real source of transmission and that it was not logical to force healthy unvaccinated nurses to mask. Arbitrator Kaplan accepted this expert evidence. In contrast, he noted the only fair words to describe the hospital's evidence in support of masking are "insufficient, inadequate and completely unpersuasive."
ONA Wins Second Decision on "Unreasonable and Illogical" Vaccinate or Mask Influenza Policies
/CNW/ - The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) has won a second decision on the controversial vaccinate or mask (VOM) policy, striking down the policy in effect...
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