# Uncovering the biases: why the claimed mask–excess mortality link fails to hold

**Authors:** Thiago Cerqueira-Silva, Felipe Argolo, Gabriel Gonçalves da Costa, Felipe Nogueira Barbara, Pedro Hallal, Bruno Gualano

PMC · DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101360 · 2025-12-29

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** COVID-19 (MESH:D000086382), infections (MESH:D007239), deaths (MESH:D003643)

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