Bust..

 

Covid-19 pandemic may be fading into history, but debate over disease-control policies remains fierce. 

In January Cochrane, a non-profit, published a meta-analysis (a study of studies) on mask mandates, which did not detect statistically significant evidence of their effectiveness.

Critics of lockdowns have touted this result. “Mask mandates were a bust,” wrote Bret Stephens of the New York Times. 

“Sceptics who were furiously mocked as cranks…were right. The mainstream experts and pundits…were wrong.” 

A Wall Street Journal op-ed last week said the media had refused to cover it to “squelch dissent”.