New York Times: A new study published by the British nonprofit Cochrane has found that mask mandates, including N-95 masks, make no difference in reducing the spread of respiratory illnesses, including Covid-19. The study analyzed 78 randomized controlled trials with a total of 610,872 participants in multiple countries. The conclusions contradict the initial studies that persuaded policymakers to impose mask mandates. States with mask mandates fared no better against Covid than those without, the study found. The mainstream experts and pundits who supported mandates were wrong, and those skeptics who opposed them were right. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is criticized for its adherence to its masking guidance, which is undermining the trust required for it to operate as an effective public institution. The Cochrane report should be the final nail in this particular coffin (New York Times).
Seth Leibsohn: “Patriotic duty.” President Biden politicized and ideologicalized mask wearing with that phrase dozens of times–as he waved it around and around in an ignorant display and lesson in ‘how not to.’ Doubters or skeptics were shamed and shamed (Twitter).
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