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Wearing masks increases the likelihood of covid infection according to Cambridge University Press journal Epidemiology and Infection.

Association between face mask use and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Cross-sectional study
>We found that the incidence of self-reported COVID-19 was 33% (aRR 1.33; 95% CI 1.03–1.72) higher in those wearing face masks often or sometimes, and 40% (aRR 1.40; 95% CI 1.08–1.82) higher in those wearing face masks almost always or always
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-infection/article/association-between-face-mask-use-and-risk-of-sarscov2-infection-crosssectional-study/0525AD535D10FDCDF0C52603B50E7A1E#
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/0525AD535D10FDCDF0C52603B50E7A1E/S0950268823001826a.pdf/association-between-face-mask-use-and-risk-of-sars-cov-2-infection-cross-sectional-study.pdf

British Medical Association journal Archives of Disease in Childhood offers some comfimation of the findings in the Cambridge University Press article

Child mask mandates for COVID-19: a systematic review
>Real-world effectiveness of child mask mandates against SARS-CoV-2 transmission or infection has not been demonstrated with high-quality evidence. The current body of scientific data does not support masking children for protection against COVID-19.
https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2023/12/06/archdischild-2023-326215
https://adc.bmj.com/content/archdischild/early/2023/12/06/archdischild-2023-326215.full.pdf

>>15904127

masks are popular with people who have things to hide

lot of ppl had alternative reasons to want to wear a mask.

>>15327484
If masked work then it should be detectable in the population of people who have ulterior motives for using masks. big nosed women, for example.

ugly ppl loved the mask mandate

>>15177727
same reason they love wearing masks

>>14773169