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8 May 2024
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Science found a "near non-existent" benefit of face masks, the Covid Inquiry Lead Counsel told Devi Sridhar last week. "Should this debate have been bypassed?" he asked her. "Exactly," she replied.
Still today, the U.S. CDC recommends that children as young as two wear a face mask to protect against Covid. When will public health officials accept the evidence that they don't work, ask Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.
Humza Yousaf was told by Nicola Sturgeon’s most high-profile medical adviser to "hold a drink at all times" to get round her rules on wearing a face mask when he was Health Secretary, the Covid Inquiry has heard.
Like those Japanese soldiers still fighting World War II decades later, some UK hospitals continue to mandate masks for patients and staff. When will they accept the evidence is not on their side, asks Dr Gary Sidley.
An update from the U.K. Covid Inquiry, where Professor Carl Hangimout is not being accorded quite the same level of courtesy and respect as Professor Trish Greenkookie by Lady Mallett and Mr. Kitsch K.C.
Steven Tucker recalls the Christmases of the pandemic years, when disturbing 'Covid-safe' Santas, sporting face masks and pushing vaccines, stalked the land and haunted children's dreams.
The German media are waking up to the fact that their mask-loving Health Minister Karl Lauterbach is an international laughingstock thanks to a devastating intervention by Stanford's Professor Jay Bhattacharya.
A new systematic review in the BMJ has concluded that "adults who work with children should be educated about the lack of clear benefits and the potential harms of masking children".
A BA pilot who was banned from flying for refusing to wear a mask has failed in his attempt to sue the airline for discrimination after a court declared a "fundamental" human right to expect others to wear a face mask.
"If we ignore high-quality evidence, we arrive at the conclusion we want." Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson say that the Royal Society lockdown report authors appear to fully understand the politics.
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