COVID-19's lasting impact: 'Less attractive' people wear masks more often than others, study finds

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 February 7, 2023 11:17am EST
COVID-19's lasting impact: 'Less attractive' people wear masks more often than others, study finds
'Mask-wearing can shift from a self-protection measure to a self-presentation tactic' — here's why
By Shiv Sudhakar | Fox News

In a post-COVID-19 world, people who perceive themselves as less attractive than others are more likely to keep wearing masks when they're highly motivated to make a good impression.

That's according to a recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology.

"Our results consistently demonstrated that self-perceived unattractive individuals were more willing to wear a mask, as they believed it would benefit their attractiveness," the authors noted in the report.

The study's authors added, "Our findings suggest that mask-wearing can shift from being a self-protection measure during the COVID-19 pandemic to a self-presentation tactic in the post-pandemic era."

But the researchers emphasize the effects of self-perceived attractiveness on the intention to wear a mask only applies to situations when people are very motivated to make a good impression, said co-author Incheol Choi, a professor of psychology at Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea, to Fox News Digital.

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An updated version of "Putting a bag over her face"

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This Study Could Be 'Scientific Nail in the Coffin' for Masks
Masks make 'no difference,' according to study by world-renowned medical database
Aaron Sibarium   
February 6, 2023

One of the largest and most comprehensive studies on the effectiveness of masks found they do almost nothing to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses.

The study reviewed 78 randomized control trials—experiments that have long been considered "the gold standard" for medicine—which assessed the effectiveness of face masks against flu, COVID-19, and similar illnesses. It found that wearing masks "probably makes little or no difference" for the general public, no matter what kind of mask is used. Even N95 masks, considered the most effective at filtering airborne particles, showed no clear benefit for health care workers.

The study was published on January 30 by the Cochrane Library, a world-renowned medical database that is famous for its high-quality evidence reviews. It comes as a battering ram to the recommendations of the U.S. public health establishment, which urged children as young as two to wear masks throughout the pandemic.

"This amounts to the scientific nail in the coffin for mask mandates," said Kristen Walsh, a clinical professor of pediatrics in Morristown, New Jersey. "I just can't wrap my mind around the fact that some schools are still actively forcing children to wear masks, much less children who need to see faces to learn." ... Free Beacon
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Sorry, ugly folks, but you're just going to have to abandon the mask.

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The full study can be downloaded here:  https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/epdf/full

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Finally, ugly feminists have some partial respite from public humiliation.