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Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a raging — sometimes ill-informed — debate over the effectiveness of face masks as protection against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Thousands of pages of redacted emails to and from Dr. Anthony Fauci are now publicly available, thanks to journalists' Freedom of Information Act requests. Some of those messages have been distorted in viral posts, particularly about face masks, the origins of the coronavirus and the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine.
Full Story Evidence indicating that face masks can help control the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has grown since the virus first emerged, upending life around the world. In March, we outlined the evolving research on the efficacy of face masks and explained why experts support their use. But a stubborn thread of misinformation falsely claiming that masks do not work, and are actually dangerous, continues to be recycled and shared a year-plus into the pandemic. Viral headlines in recent days have wrongly purported that a “Stanford Study” proved that masks are ineffe...
Fact Check: Stories falsely cite 'Stanford study' to misinform on face masks Share Updated: 11:14 PM CDT Apr 22, 2021 By Angelo Fichera, FactCheck.org Share Updated: 11:14 PM CDT Apr 22, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript primary reason that you should wear a mask for anyone should wear a mask is because a mask or a face covering reduces the potential that you might infect someone else. And what we're seeing with this disease is that in some reports, up to 60% of people that are infected show no signs or symptoms, so they have no idea that they're infected...