Tag: Masks

Transport for London's promotion of face coverings as a confidence booster raises eyebrows about its psychological impact.

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has resigned her post as the head of America's top public health agency. In honour of her resignation, it’s worth revisiting some of her most obvious disasters.

Do masks work? According to an article in STAT, "randomised controlled trials are the worst way to answer the question". That's just because they gave the wrong answer, says Dr Roger Watson.

Professor David Livermore was in Copenhagen last week at the world's premier infection conference – but nowhere on the agenda were discussions about vaccines, masks or lockdowns.

Responding to a GB News interview with Dr Tom Jefferson, UKHSA claims that the evidence shows masks work. But that conflicts not only with the findings of the Cochrane Review but also with its own published evidence.

By insisting on corrections to the Cochrane review of masks and claiming “victory” the New York Times is trying to subvert the whole scientific process while launching a personal attack on one of the authors.

"I don’t regret speaking out, but I won’t pretend that it has been an easy ride." Headteacher Mike Fairclough spoke out to safeguard kids from the damaging effects of Covid restrictions - and he has paid a high price.

Wearing surgical masks in a hospital made no discernible difference to reducing hospital-acquired Covid infections, a study has found, casting further doubt on masking policies deployed throughout the pandemic.

40% of Brits are still taking Covid tests and wearing masks, three years after the nation was plunged into its first lockdown, as zero-Covid fanatics call for a new mask mandate amid a rise in infections.

A Norwich City youth football coach who hit a man in the head with a metal pole for not wearing a Covid mask has been jailed.