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Dear Daniel

Thank you for your email.

Following a review of your request, and from advice provided internally,
we advise that the information you are seeking would be in the public
domain in the category of general infection transmission. However much of
the information you are seeking is available on the Agency for Clinical
Innovation’s website.

The Critical Intelligence Unit within the Agency for Clinical Innovation
(ACI)

The Critical Intelligence Unit within the Agency for Clinical Innovation
(ACI), a separate agency to the NSW Ministry of Health, is a team which
collates evidence and peer reviewed studies that they have provided to
guide decision making.

Please consider that any decisions that have been made regarding the
lockdown and mask mandates consider research evidence as only one input
alongside many other relevant considerations. However, they advised that
they cannot confirm what peer reviewed studies were utilised by the
decision-makers. Importantly noted that a number of other jurisdictions
(in Australia and international) had already set the precedent for outdoor
mask wearing prior to NSW mandating masks.

For your reference, the ACI collates research evidence and publishes a
summary of new evidence and reports from international sources on their
website which can be found here:
https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/c...

There are many publications on public health interventions such as stay at
home orders and masks. These have been featured in the daily digest and in
evidence checks on transmission.

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domain e.g.  https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/6/2...

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-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel [mailto:[FOI #7844 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 9 September 2021 9:01 AM
To: MOH-GIPA <[email address]>
Subject: Government Information (Public Access) request - Science relating
to mask mandates

Dear NSW Ministry of Health,

I wish to request the review(s) of the medical evidence and scientific
studies that resulted in the advice on face masks to prevent the spread of
covid-19 per the "Greater Sydney Restrictions" as at 8th Sept 2021

Noting that the department is not likely to be the custodian of the source
scientific literature, I also request to be provided with references to
where the specific medical evidence and scientific studies referred to in
these reviews can be found in the public domain.

Yours faithfully,

Daniel

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