Tag: Masks

We can abandon our masks in protest at the pointless Covid theatre that is now a persistent presence in our lives, but we can't escape it all.

People in Scotland may have to wear masks in public places for years to come, Nicola Sturgeon has warned. This is in spite of masked-up Scotland having a higher number of Covid cases per 100,000 than England.

The Government has published the evidence informing its recent decision to require face masks in secondary school classrooms – but inadvertently reveals why they're a terrible idea.

The Daily Sceptic is publishing a letter from a teacher to the Chairman of his local Conservative Party Association explaining why he'll never vote Conservative again following the news about masks in classrooms.

The French Government is tightening the nation's Covid restrictions to stop a fifth wave of the virus. The new measures include stricter limits on venue capacity and a return to mask mandates.

Trent Twomey, a leading Australian pharmacist, has said that mask wearing and booster jab rollouts will continue for many years, which the public just "need to accept".

"The ONS survey results on prevalence shows that the Scottish and English approach to masking although formally different since July has made no meaningful difference to Delta" – Prof Jim Naismith

A comprehensive review of studies on face masks for preventing the spread of COVID-19 finds no evidence of benefit.

We're publishing a new Postcard today by Roger Watson, Professor of Nursing at the University of Hull. He's just back from a teaching stint at the University of Genoa and was horrified by the city-wide Covid restrictions.

The latest report from the ONS Infection Survey claims to show that masks up to halve infection risk and vaccines are better than natural immunity. But it's full of problems.