Tom Jefferson, senior associate tutor at the University of Oxford, is the lead author of a recent Cochrane review that has ‘gone viral’ on social media […]
The Cochrane review Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses continues to attract media attention. We have listed our reasons for not wanting to have anything to do with vast swathes […]
Members of the Exclusive Brethren, an ultra-conservative religious sect, have emerged as the interests behind companies that won the rights to import COVID-19 tests and supply them to […]
An article titled ‘Farce mask: it’s safe for only 20 minutes’ published by the Sydney Morning […]
This email came in a few days ago, after the Stack about the way hospitals misclassify vaccinated patients with Covid as unvaccinated to make the vaccines look better. It is […]
Extensive evidence in the literature supports the mandatory use of facemasks to reduce the infection rate of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). However, the effect of mask use on the disease course remains controversial. […]
More than 50,000 people have weighed in on Australia’s Covid response and vaccine rollout — and there’s one striking result.
Today Covid has become an afterthought for many. We no longer have to isolate after a positive test, masks are rarely seen – even on flights. And the tense […]
A woman was getting on a bus. Suddenly, she stopped. “I’ve forgotten my mask,” she said.
“You can’t come on without a mask,” said the driver officiously.
A woman who was leaving the bus removed her mask and offered it to the stranger. “Here you are,” she […]
A new report shows at least five North Carolina public universities used taxpayer funds to track students’ social media in recent years, using artificial intelligence software to monitor posts on everything from student protests to drug sales.
Two other private schools in the state also used the software to monitor […]
