Humiliation for Daniel Andrews as the 'world first' study Victoria held up as proof its mask policy crushed Covid is labelled 'CRAP' and 'riddled with basic errors'
Daniel Andrews has been humiliated by a 'world-first' study that determined his mandatory mask mandate was scientifically 'crap'.
A report was published through the Burnet Institute referring to the Victorian Premier's compulsory use of masks during their 112-day lockdown in 2020.
The report says they found 'the mandatory mask use policy substantially increased public use of masks and was associated with a significant decline in new COVID-19 cases after introduction of the policy', saying it 'strongly supported' the use of masks outdoors.
Mr Andrews introduced the mandate from July without providing any scientific justification, but the decision has been widely criticised by leading Australian scientists and was labelled by an anonymous clinician as 'crap'.
'I agree, it's crap,' he told News.
'It's extremely lightweight. I think it's a totally feeble article. It doesn't have a rigorous methodology and it is weak in its scientific inference.'
Daniel Andrews has been humiliated by a 'world-first' study that determined his mandatory mask mandate was scientifically 'crap'
Mr Andrews made the decision based off the report by the Burnet Institute which made the case for 'the use of masks for controlling epidemics in the broader community.'
Despite no reported cases of outdoors transmission of coronavirus, Victorians were subjected to months of outdoor mask use.
Dr Kyle Sheldrick, a medical researcher at the University of New South Wales, said the fact the Andrews government used the study as a basis for policy making is 'staggering'.
'There has been a lot of low-quality research that has come out in the pandemic, but for this to be used as a basis for a policy change is staggering,' he said.
'To me it's very clear this has not had a close peer review, partly because of the serious and substantive issues, but [also] it just clearly hasn't been proofread.
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