I have been saying for some time that the masks are ineffective protection against Covid, well-supported by evidence summarised in numerous articles at the blog, and by a research bibliography published by he Brownstone Institute, that we re-published a few weeks ago. However, beyond all of this, masks have come to serve a social psychological purpose, of distinguishing at sight the in-group of the Covid cult, from the out-group of Covid vax dissents. Of course, that has broken down now with the mask mandate being dropped, no doubt to be put in place again at the drop of a hat, as seems to be unfolding in New Zealand now. As well, there has been psychological research from Japan that indicates that people come to be dependent upon masks, and continue to wear masks because of anxiety. There has, indeed, been no shortage of anxiety associated with the Covid plandemic.
