A long Twitter thread discussing a Danish face mask study that concludes that compulsory mask-wearing may do more harm than good is asking why the study hasn’t been published in major medical journals yet.
Translated, the study says that tens of millions of contaminations can occur each day as people use the masks inappropriately, touch their faces and neglect washing their hands. It’s important information that should be disseminated to the general public, commenters on the Twitter thread say.
So why isn’t the study being published? Parts of the thread indicate that some medical reviewers are hesitant to publish a study that doesn’t support the wearing of masks.
SOURCES:
Twitter October 14, 2020
Thieme 2020 (in German)