A watchdog group is suing the Biden administration for allegedly refusing to provide information on studies on the efficacy of cloth masks.
Functional Government Initiative (FGI) says the Department of Health and Human Services and two subagencies have violated federal law by refusing to provide the information.
FGI in February sent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the department, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases seeking details on how the agencies have analyzed the effectiveness of cloth masks, including information on any studies the agencies have funded on the matter.
FGI also asked for internal communications that discussed whether to fund randomized controlled studies on mask efficacy or responses to public calls for such studies, among other documents….