Puffing Devil
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See also the interview with the authors on Unherd
Oxford epidemiologists: suppression strategy is not viable
Yesterday we published a short interview with Professor Carl Heneghan about his extraordinary finding that the Public Health England daily death totals included anyone who has ever tested positive for Covid-19 (even if they recovered completely). But we wanted to learn more about the current...unherd.com
They are quite clear that in their view there is a lack of evidence that masks help.
Given that the government mandated masks on the basis of claimed 'growing evidence' this is pretty damning.
They are of the view that there is not enough evidence. Not unsurprising given that their raison d'etre is "Evidence Based Medicine".
The hosting platform is hardly "Nature". This article in the Spectator, known for its left-leaning liberal views sets the scene:
A new star is born today into the centre-right blogosphere: UnHerd. The latest brainchild of Tim Montgomerie, founder of ConservativeHome
(For the avoidance of doubt, I was being sarcastic about the Spectator)