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Large study shows mask-wearing 'not statistically significant' - Technology & Health Thursday November 19 th , 2020  at  6:22 AM A study published on Wednesday in the  Annals of Internal Medicine  designed to test the efficacy of face mask wearing in protecting the wearer from contracting coronavirus has shown that there is no statistical difference between the group wearing masks and the group that did not wear them. Researchers from Copenhagen University Hospital conducted the study in April and May of this year, recruiting over 6,024 volunteers with no prior coronavirus diagnosis, who were randomly assigned to either a test group or a control group. 4,862 people completed the trial, all people who spent at least three hours per day outside their homes, and who were monitored throughout. The study was conducted at a time when mask-wearing among the Danish population was rare and the government did not mandate it. Stores, public transport, and schools remained fully operat

 4:33 PM 11/16/2020 -  The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict may yet provide America an opening for an indirect approach to Turkey, while also pushing back against Russian expansionism. The National Interest: America Must Reshape Its Future With Nagorno-Karabakh Mike Nova 2  ·  The National Interest: America Must Reshape Its Future With Nagorno-Karabakh – Russell A. Berman Audio Link Russell A. Berman Security, Eurasia The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict may yet provide America an opening for an indirect approach to Turkey, while also pushing back against Russian expansionism. The Russian brokered agreement between Azerbaijan and  Armenia  concerning Nagorno-Karabakh has put a temporary end to the round of fighting that erupted on Sept. 27. One can only welcome a cessation of violence and the immediate threat to civilians. However, reports of a wave of ethnic Armenians fleeing the disputed region and heading toward Yerevan indicate that the underlying causes of the conflict have hardly been resolved