Were masks in hospitals a waste of time? Hated NHS policy made 'no difference' to Covid infection rates, study finds

 Masks made 'no discernible difference' to Covid transmission rates in hospitals, new research suggests.Infection rates didn’t soar when mask mandates were removed in NHS facilities during the middle of an Omicron surge.

Experts today said the findings did not mean face coverings are ‘worthless’.

But they called for ‘rational and proportionate’ masking policies in hospitals during future Covid flare-ups because the benefits are ‘at best, modest’.

Governments around the world — including the UK — made it mandatory (ALID Comment: in Legalese means you have a choice. Funny that ) to wear a face covering in indoor public spaces...<<<Read More>>>...