A new analysis of studies in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) flagship scientific journal found the agency promoted the effectiveness of face masks using unreliable data with conclusions unsupported by evidence. The preprint, published July 11 on MedRxiv, found the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) made positive findings about the…

LOS ANGELES—Face coverings are not required at indoor retail establishments in Los Angeles County, though health officials strongly recommend them due to COVID-19—but one Beverlywood-area retailer looking to cut down on criminal activity has banned masks altogether. Operators of the Kitson Los Angeles store at 115 S. Robertson Boulevard have posted a sign alerting customers…

Commentary A lingering disorder that can last for months or years is affecting an increasing proportion of the workforce. The symptoms that contribute to Long COVID could be a result of pandemic measures and masking in particular. Increased exposure to microplastics, nanoparticles, chemicals in masks, and nasopharyngeal tests parallel many of the symptoms that define…

Commentary We have published many rigorous and trustworthy high-quality evidence pieces across the last two years to show that the COVID lockdowns, school closures, face masks, and mask mandates were ineffective and even harmful in terms of curbing infection and deaths (see here, here, here). A very recent Johns Hopkins review by Herby et al. did an exemplary job at…

Commentary “And they’re off,” as the callers of horse races say, but in this case, it means the government will no longer enforce mask mandates on airplanes, trains, buses, subways, and other forms of public transportation. U.S. District Court Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a judge for the Middle District of Florida, said the rule exceeded the…

Commentary We know the wicked truth about Chairman Mao’s “Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom.” He said this in 1957 while inviting anyone to criticize the Communist Party. There were cheers all around and the criticisms were unleashed. This lasted six weeks, after which many of the biggest critics were shot. It was a bait and…

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams apologized on Tuesday for posing maskless in a room full of masked children. The Democrat in her apology said she had made a “mistake” when she posed for a photograph at Glennwood Elementary School in Decatur during a visit on Feb. 4, without wearing a mask. “I approached the podium with…

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams apologized on Tuesday for posing maskless in a room full of masked children. The Democrat in her apology said she had made a “mistake” when she posed for a photograph at Glennwood Elementary School in Decatur during a visit on Feb. 4, without wearing a mask. “I approached the podium with…

BERLIN—German politicians expressed shock on Tuesday over the killing of a 20-year old petrol station worker after an argument about a face mask and said that coronavirus deniers who are willing to use violence will not be tolerated. The killing on Saturday evening in the western town of Idar-Oberstein has hit the national headlines as…

After a Clemson University student was brought before an ethics board based on an anonymous report alleging that she wasn’t wearing a mask, the student is now questioning the due process of the mask enforcement policy at the South Carolina university. Clemson University had implemented an ethics hotline, an Office of Community and Ethical Standards…