“Masks and respirators do not work” begins the excellent “review of science relevant to COVID-19 social policy” that James Nellis forwarded to me. The author has surveyed the “extensive randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies, and meta-analysis reviews of RCT studies” to find they “all show that masks and respirators do not work to prevent respiratory influenza-like illnesses, or respiratory illnesses believed to be transmitted by droplets and aerosol particles.” Even better, he excoriates Our Rulers for their demonic insistence that we muzzle ourselves: “The present paper about masks illustrates the degree to which governments, the mainstream media, and institutional propagandists … Continue reading “Public Authorities [Have Turned] the Precautionary Principle on Its Head”