Dr Tom Jefferson shares the complaint he has sent to Cochrane about the Editor in Chief's smearing of his Cochrane review which found no evidence masks work against respiratory viruses like Covid.
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer appear to have an understanding not to mention the costs of Covid measures, says Dr Tom Jefferson. And no wonder, as leaders of the lockdown and lockthemdownharder parties.
With their latest statement the Cochrane Editors continue to mislead and spin, says Dr Tom Jefferson. While they have left the famous mask study unchanged, they have failed to retract the statements that cast doubt on it.
It was Prof Carl Heneghan's turn at the Covid Inquiry on Thursday, and he went ready to provide evidence on the shortcomings of the U.K. Government response. But how he was treated was disgraceful, says Dr Tom Jefferson.
Once a highly trusted source of information, now the BBC "confuses the public, passes on facile information and guesswork and uses incorrect expressions that debase science", says Dr. Tom Jefferson.
Are we witnessing the beginning of the collapse of the narrative, asks Dr Tom Jefferson, as key lockdown characters like Dame Jenny Harries publicly backpedal?
The fact-checker of a powerful press syndicate asked Dr. Tom Jefferson to assist it in "debunking misrepresentations" of his recent Cochrane review finding no clear evidence masks work. Take a hike, he said.
Like those traumatised by war, too many people want to forget the horrors of lockdown. But we must not forget, says Dr Tom Jefferson, so we can learn from what we did.
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