So it was no surprise that the release of the 2023 Cochrane Review , which determined that masking is ineffective against the spread of respiratory illnesses such as influenza or COVID-19, was greeted by a chorus of crickets in the media.
The review analyzed the findings of 78 other studies that involved more than half a million people from across the globe and found that wearing a medical or surgical mask “probably makes little or no difference” in reducing the spread of respiratory viruses.
This is what that party will look like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlCFPo6YYbU
Except perhaps the pyre.