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Achilles Heel
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Feb 3, 2022

The troubling normalisation of mask wearing

One dimensional journalism, lost scientific debate and severely unappreciated costs to our long term health and psychology — Even now, after England (originally I had written the UK) has removed all Covid restrictions and made mask wearing no longer a legal requirement, there are still huge numbers of people walking around, queueing up or sitting alone in train carriages wearing their masks. I am particularly fond of those…

Masks

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The troubling normalisation of mask wearing
The troubling normalisation of mask wearing
Masks

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Jul 23, 2021

The mask was the first push down a very slippery slope

Why not wearing a mask is pro public health — Just under a year ago I wrote a post about why it caused me “severe distress” to wear a mask (rather face covering). …

Covid-19

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The mask was the first push down a very slippery slope
The mask was the first push down a very slippery slope
Covid-19

11 min read


Feb 23, 2021

The corrosive fear of asymptomatic transmission

There is a photo in my 2020 family album that I hate, it makes me shiver every time I come across it. On the face of it there is no reason to dislike it; the scene is bucolic. It is a sunny day in May, the trees are bright green…

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The corrosive fear of asymptomatic transmission
The corrosive fear of asymptomatic transmission

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Nov 26, 2020

Why didn’t Boris make exercise mandatory?

Being overweight is the real issue not whether you wear a face mask or not. — The face mask has become the unedifying symbol of 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mandatory wearing of face masks was made law in the UK from the 23rd June (most countries now have some form of compulsory face mask guidance). Rather than help squash this pandemic, face masks…

Covid-19

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Why wasn't exercise made mandatory?
Why wasn't exercise made mandatory?
Covid-19

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Jul 30, 2020

Why it causes me “severe distress” to wear a mask

My friends and family, and most people in the UK, are not that concerned about having been made to wear a face mask/covering by the government as a “mandatory” measure to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. …

Politics

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Why it causes me “severe distress” to wear a mask
Why it causes me “severe distress” to wear a mask
Politics

11 min read

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