The effectiveness of face masks in preventing the spread of Covid-19 is being questioned by health officials and experts. Former deputy chief medical officers and the head of the UK Health Security Agency have stated that evidence for the effectiveness of face masks is uncertain and may have even had an opposite effect on the spread of the virus. A study also suggests that masking children had zero real-world effectiveness in preventing Covid-19. These statements come amid a resurgence of respiratory diseases, particularly among children, prompting a comeback of mask-wearing in public in China.
There is no evidence to suggest that masking children worked to prevent them from getting or giving COVID. The face muzzles were and are just that, mouth diapers. https://t.co/6wxw9TMhSR
There's a new study out that says masking kids made zero impact on making anyone safer from covid. @ClayTravis https://t.co/xmkb8I12le
Masking Kids Had Zero 'Real World Effectiveness' Says British Medical Journal. Read more: https://t.co/2Ga2MOg5Rd Forcing children to wear face masks to protect against COVID-19 failed to have any "real world effectiveness," accord...
Masking Kids Had Zero 'Real World Effectiveness' Says British Medical Journal. Read more: https://t.co/HSVrzAhaFk Forcing children to wear face masks to protect against COVID-19 failed to have any "real world effectiveness," accord...
The covid-era custom of wearing masks in public had all but ended in China. Amid a recent surge of respiratory diseases, especially among children, it is making a comeback https://t.co/iq8pnMsefe 👇
There is no solid proof masks ever slowed the spread of Covid and they may have made things worse, England's former Deputy Chief Medical Officer and now UKHSA boss has said. https://t.co/MTOuIjBWWv
The evidence around the use of face masks in community settings is still uncertain, the head of the UK Health Security Agency told the Covid Inquiry https://t.co/IdO0XaZM0W
No proof face masks ever worked against Covid, claims UKHSA boss who warns they may have even had OPPOSITE effect on spread through 'false sense of security' https://t.co/pnLZBinqx1 https://t.co/XSOBjsnhvI
🔴 Evidence for the effectiveness of face masks is “still to some degree uncertain”, the former deputy chief medical officer told the Covid Inquiry. Follow the latest from the inquiry here ⬇️ https://t.co/vu4Y9ZYJRL