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27 April 2025
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In 2020 anyone claiming Covid was like influenza was branded a conspiracy theorist. Yet now we hear demands for masks and social distancing for flu. But asymptomatic spread is a myth for flu as well, says Dr Clare Craig.
NHS hospitals are telling patients, visitors and staff to wear face masks due to rising levels of winter bugs and low vaccine take-up, despite the lack of good evidence that they work.
What was so startling about Mark Zuckerberg's confession that Facebook was censoring content at the behest of the Biden Administration was not what he admitted but that he admitted it, says Jeffrey Tucker. So, why now?
Leaked emails have revealed how the New York Times sought to discredit a top scientific review that found no evidence masks work because it came to the 'wrong' conclusion.
A victory in the mask wars! Two hospital providers that brought back mask mandates have backtracked and scrapped them following complaints from Daily Sceptic readers and Smile Free supporters.
Ben Affleck has told his daughter that she needs to be "realistic" about her demands for mask mandates after the 18-year-old was left "extremely disheartened" by the "ridicule" she received in response.
Trump has picked J.D. Vance, the anti-mask mandate Senator from Ohio, as his VP running mate. Strong move, says Thomas Buckley, and not just because Trump-Vance fits perfectly on a sign.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's 18 year-old daughter has demanded the imposition of "mask mandates" in medical facilities and called for an end to all "mask bans" in a plea to the governing body for Los Angeles County.
The pro-mask cultists are at it again, says Dr. Gary Sidley. In the height of summer, no less, some NHS hospitals are re-imposing mask mandates. Here's how to complain.
With their latest statement the Cochrane Editors continue to mislead and spin, says Dr Tom Jefferson. While they have left the famous mask study unchanged, they have failed to retract the statements that cast doubt on it.
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