Tag: Masks

Without dissenters to pandemic policies, it would have taken much longer to exit lockdowns. Yet there was a concerted effort in government and media to discredit all dissent, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.

Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance are marking their own homework with their 'independent' report on lockdowns, and no surprises that they omit to highlight any of the glaring failures in the approach they took.

The Government's requirement that schoolchildren wear face masks in the classroom was based on political calculation not evidence, new official documents released under Freedom of Information reveal.

At least five NHS trusts in England have brought back mask requirements due to Covid's autumn resurgence and some are also reimposing social distancing guidelines with threats of visitor bans to come.

In Thailand, our writer finds a country where face masks seem to have become a permanent feature, enshrined in the cultural etiquette. Is the population now doomed to eternal Covid theatre?

The Bangladesh mask study has been much touted by proponents of mask mandates. But a new critique shows the data are consistent with the intervention having had zero casual impact on the outcome variables.

Dr Gary Sidley sets out the case for why facemasks against COVID-19 are ineffective and harmful and mask mandates in healthcare settings must be dropped without delay.

Robert Jackman writes about his recent trip to Qatar for a World Cup 'test run' match, where he found a country still in the grip of Covid theatre, mask mania and digital discrimination.

Dr James Alexander, a politics professor writing in the Daily Sceptic, regrets that the last significant image he has of the Queen was her sitting alone at Prince Philip’s funeral in a mask. It should never have happened.

One of Britain’s top medical journals, the BMJ, is facing backlash from scientists and doctors for publishing a series of articles authored by members of the self-appointed, pro-restriction Independent SAGE group.