How Effective Were Face Masks In Stopping The Spread Of Covid?

answer, masks made 'no discernible difference' to Covid transmission rates in hospitals,

and this is why, bacteria are giants when compared to viruses, the smallest bacteria are about 0.4 micron (one millionth of a meter) in diameter while viruses range in size from 0.02 to 0.25 micron and the fact is that while surgeons wear masks to reduce bacteria, virus such as covid pass through masks with ease! for a run down on the differences between viruses and bacteria this article was very informative, back to the study, experts at St George's Hospital found masks made 'no discernible difference' infection rates didn’t soar when mask mandates were removed in NHS facilities during the middle of an Omicron surge, Governments around the world — including the UK — made it mandatory to wear a face covering in indoor public spaces, and some people made obscene amounts of money suppling them, researchers from St George's Hospital in south-west London analysed routinely collected infection control data over a 40-week period between December 4, 2021 and September 10, 2022, officials issued mixed messages about their effectiveness at the beginning of the pandemic, worse still studies failed to show definitively that masks prevented covid, in February, one of the most comprehensive meta-analyses of face coverings to date, by the Cochrane Institute, revealed masks made 'little to no difference' to covid infection or death rates. Lead author Dr Ben Patterson said: 'Our study found no evidence that mandatory masking of staff impacts the rate of hospital SARS-CoV-2 infection with the Omicron variant, 'That doesn't mean masks are worthless against Omicron, but their real-world benefit in isolation appears to be, at best, modest in a healthcare setting.' the research will be presented later this month at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Copenhagen, Denmark, so the people that continually said that masks were ineffective against covid were correct, little comfort to the people not wearing them who were fined! for the full article have a look here.