An overview of the current evidence regarding the effectiveness of face masks. So far, most studies found little to no evidence for the effectiveness of cloth face masks in the general population, neither as personal protective equipment nor as a source control. A May 2020 meta-study on pandemic influenza published by the US CDC found that face…
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Swiss Policy Research reports “Are Face Masks Effective? The Evidence.”
Cloth face masks in the general population might be effective, at least in some circumstances, but there is currently little to no evidence supporting this proposition. If the coronavirus is indeed transmitted via indoor aerosols, cloth masks are unlikely to be protective. Health authorities should therefore not assume or suggest that cloth face masks will…
Off-guardian reports “Anteroom of Our Own Extinction
This is now about a year into the pandemic and there have still been no debates, no public roundtables and no referendums. Nothing. Just decrees by the government. I honestly have given up trying to make sense of statistics, really. But a couple of things have not changed; the fatality rate if you catch Covid…
NY Post reports “Dr. Fauci needs to be held responsible for COVID-19 mistakes: Devine”
In his inauguration speech, President Biden pledged to “defend the truth and to defeat the lies.” So let’s start by being brutally honest about Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has been the source of some of the most damaging misinformation about COVID-19. At the very least, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert and chief medical adviser to…
Youtube video: “Nurse Gets Bell’s Palsy From COVID Vaccine”
Nurse gets Bell’s Palsy after COVID-19 vaccination, warns public not to take the vaccine.
New York Times reports “Quarantine May Negatively Affect Kids’ Immune Systems”
Keeping children masked and separated is necessary. It could also undermine their bodies’ ability to learn how to fight pathogens. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the world is unwittingly conducting what amounts to the largest immunological experiment in history on our own children. We have been keeping children inside, relentlessly sanitizing their living spaces and their…
Billboard reports “How Ticketmaster Plans to Check Your Vaccine Status for Concerts”
Monday’s news that pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s early results on a new COVID-19 vaccine showed a 90% efficacy rate on an initial clinical trial have given concert professionals hope that the business can start mounting a return in 2021. As part of that preparation, Ticketmaster has been working on a framework for post-pandemic fan safety that uses smart phones…
FT reports “T-cell response delivers coronavirus immunity after infection, study shows”
Coronavirus induces strong and long-lasting cellular immunity after infection, new research shows, suggesting people are unlikely to quickly catch the disease again and increasing the chances vaccines will be effective. “Our study is the first in the world to show robust cellular immunity remains at six months after infection in individuals who experienced either mild/moderate…
JB Handley reports “LOCKDOWN LUNACY 4.0: the illusion of control”
The story I will tell my grandchildren someday will go something like this: A totalitarian regime—China—flipped out and locked down an entire city when they discovered a new virus. Most of the world’s leaders, throwing out a century of hard-earned knowledge about how to manage through infectious disease outbreaks, ended up doing the same thing…