Donald Trump has called for the arrest of anyone wearing face masks as he declared troops should be sent in to quell the LA riots that were sparked by a crackdown on illegal migrants, as the unrest enters a third day.
When the Cochrane review found no evidence face masks were effective, mask zealots couldn't let it stand. They produced their own 'scientific' review. But it's little more than cherry-picking, says Prof Roger Watson.
Five years ago this month, the world changed. Manipulated by the media and deranged by politicians' daily podium pronouncements, the population lost its grip on reality and succumbed to mask mania, writes Paul Stevens.
On this, the five-year anniversary of the first UK mask mandate, clinical psychologist Dr Gary Sidley reminds us of the harms of wearing face coverings, a topic addressed in the soon-to-be-released film, Masking Humanity.
The UK Covid Inquiry seems to be avoiding most of the fundamental questions. A new peer-reviewed paper faces them head on, slamming the global mismanagement of Covid and making recommendations for future outbreaks.
Prof David Livermore writes a postcard from Taiwan, a country where children ride motor scooters on the footplate but 90% of food sellers wear face masks. And where a 'good pandemic' has given way to 20% excess deaths.
Dr Tom Jefferson shares the complaint he has sent to Cochrane about the Editor in Chief's smearing of his Cochrane review which found no evidence masks work against respiratory viruses like Covid.
Cochrane has finally confirmed that its review on the (in)effectiveness of masks will not be changed, over a year after succumbing to pressure from a New York Times writer. But the damage has been done, says Carl Heneghan.
Will discrimination on the basis of intelligence be banned next? That's the suggestion Lionel Shriver explores in her new novel MANIA, based on the craziness of the last few years. Read her interview with Laura Dodsworth.
When the Cochrane review of face masks found no evidence of efficacy, Cochrane grandees disowned it. But is evidence now back in fashion, ask Tom Jefferson and Carl Heneghan.
