Danish mask study: masks, media, fact checkers, and the interpretation of scientific evidence

Affiliations

¹ Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Auckland, Building 507, 22-30 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
² School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
³ Section of Pacific Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Comment

Simon Thornley et al. BMJ. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 23:371:m4919.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.m4919.

¹ Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Auckland, Building 507, 22-30 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
² School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
³ Section of Pacific Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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