Article Related content Article metrics Rapid responses Response Rapid Response: Re: Covid-19: US doctor who called masks “dangerous” and vaccines a “human experiment” dies of coronavirus Dear Editor: Just out of curiousity, how many of the doctors who've died of COVID-19 thought masks were "safe?'' Masks might well make a SARS-CoV-2 filled environment "safer,'' but compared to PAPR, it's hard to argue masks make that environment "safe.'' And then there is the complicated real world. Why single out this poor, dead doctor for thinking masks dangerous? Depending on how they affect behavior, he might have had a point: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3676570 Competing interests: No competing interests 15 November 2021 Craig Medred journalist craigmedred.news Anchorage medred craig
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Re: Covid-19: US doctor who called masks “dangerous” and vaccines a “human experiment” dies of coronavirus
Dear Editor:
Just out of curiousity, how many of the doctors who've died of COVID-19 thought masks were "safe?''
Masks might well make a SARS-CoV-2 filled environment "safer,'' but compared to PAPR, it's hard to argue masks make that environment "safe.''
And then there is the complicated real world.
Why single out this poor, dead doctor for thinking masks dangerous? Depending on how they affect behavior, he might have had a point: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3676570
Competing interests: No competing interests