> A Danish study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine Wednesday found that masks did not reduce the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection rate among wearers in a clinical trial — questioning an assertion made as recently as last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). > The findings did not dispute that masks prevented transmission of the virus to others; however, ***the researcher’s conclusions found that there was not a significant statistical difference of infections between mask wearers and non-mask wearers in the large, randomized clinical trial.*** (Emphasis mine.)