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Leading Mask Proponent Has Change of Heart

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 1/14/2026 6:40:16 PM

A leading proponent of face masks as a means of countering the spread of respiratory infections appears to have changed her mind. Professor Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford – described as the “high priestess” of the face mask movement, who even appeared on her X feed wearing two face masks during the COVID-19 years – has endorsed a letter to the WHO in which it is claimed, as reported in the Guardian, “There is ‘no rational justification remaining for prioritising or using’ the surgical masks that are ubiquitous in hospitals and clinics globally, given their ‘inadequate protection against airborne pathogens’.”

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Reply 1 - Posted by: NorthernDog 1/14/2026 6:57:10 PM (No. 2055017)
It was always about virtue signaling. I still remember a young woman wearing a face mask while bicycling alone! She's probably laying down in front of ICE vehicles these days.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: chumley 1/14/2026 7:01:12 PM (No. 2055020)
Next up will be a startling confession...Global warming was all a big fat fake. Oops. Sorry. My bad. No you dont get your money back.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Vaquero45 1/14/2026 7:19:14 PM (No. 2055028)
Anyone with half a brain has always known that cloth facemasks are a waste of time and money. If you can see light through the mask, the virus will get through. It will anyway, since the mask doesn’t sit tightly against the skin. I still see people wearing masks. That’s okay. It makes it easy to spot the nutcases.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 1/14/2026 7:58:43 PM (No. 2055036)
Yeah, this whack job now admits that surgical masks are totally ineffective.....so now she wants to force all 'in a clinical setting' to wear N95 respirators. The same study that proves that surgical masks don't work, also proved that those respirators also DON'T WORK.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: anniebc 1/14/2026 9:09:49 PM (No. 2055053)
People just don't have shame anymore.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Strike3 1/15/2026 9:48:55 AM (No. 2055285)
Apparently she has seen the videos of mosquitoes passing through chain-link fences one too many times. The women in Walmart with masks don't reveal their mental condition with their masks, it's always in the eyes.
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