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German law dictates any civil servant sentenced to a custodial sentence of more than 12 months is deprived of both their position and their pension. The case is being appealed.

A study from South Korea indicates that N95 masks – supposedly the gold standard for protecting users from Covid infection – may emit toxic volatile organic compounds at levels eight times above safety guidelines.

Dr Roger Watson reviews two books, The Face Mask Cult by Hector Drummond and Unmasked by Ian Miller, that lay bare the scientific fictions that underpinned the great Covid face mask con.
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A lobby group of healthcare workers has warned against the decision to remove face mask guidance in healthcare settings, saying withdrawing it is "playing Russian roulette" with people's welfare.
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Dr Roger Watson makes his first trip to China since Covid and finds some surprises, including a society less visibly scarred by lockdown than the UK and a senior nurse who says she was never required to wear a face mask.
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Over 2,500 doctors, scientists and healthcare professionals are among over 10,000 people supporting an open letter calling on NHS bosses to end the mask mandates that are still in force in many U.K. hospitals.
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The precautionary principle originally counselled against untested interventions, but more recently elites have inverted it to impose evidence-free measures on a terrified public, arguing "better safe than sorry".
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Faced with a 'severe' RSV outbreak and a possible imminent rise in flu cases, Chile has decided that all schoolchildren above the age of five must return to wearing a mask.
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Face mask mandates continue in pockets of the NHS, enabled by national guidance that leaves the decision down to local trusts. It's time to end this ridiculous postcode lottery, says Paul Stevens.
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It doesn't look good for balance or evidence when the COVID-19 Inquiry is asking for lateral flow tests and face masks, says Laura Dodsworth. No inquiry would be better than this inquiry.
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