Relevant evidence
Evidence on the positive impact of using face coverings is accumulating. Although
it remains
uncertain and more research is urgently needed on costs and benefits, the WHO updated its
guidance on June 5th 2020 to recommend wearing face coverings in enclosed spaces where social
distancing is not possible ([/quote?
I can't find that evidence, certainly not in the Lancet, so these mind-benders are trying to herd the population because that's what the WHO has commanded. Here comes an interesting paragraph
As with seat belts and other areas of safety legislation, it will be important to use public information
campaigns so that most of the public understand the need for the legislation and accept it.
Endorsement and wearing by role models such as celebrities, including musicians, actors, and sports
figures, could play an important role.
Interesting use of the seat belt analogy, because the personal decision to protect oneself from personal injury in a car wreck was taken away from one, with threat of punitive financial action, administered by the police and courts. Of course, the coccoon of safety from wearing a seat belt might encourage drivers to be more reckless towards onself and others . Wearing of helmets by motorcyclists [compulsory in the UK] and cyclists [not compulsory but the population has been herded successfully] are also relevant here. [Compulsory cycle helmet wearing in Australia has depressed the riding of bicycles]
The use of celebs is standard behavioural science procedure - as when all of them started "catching Covid-19" at the start of the fake pandemic.
What indirect benefits might arise from mandating wearing of face coverings?
One possible benefit may be to remind people that we are still in the midst of a deadly pandemic.
This could reinforce messaging about the importance of the full range of protective behaviours and
communicate that such protective behaviours are ‘the new normal’. Particularly in winter, face
coverings in addition to established measures such as handwashing and physical distancing will
potentially also serve to reduce transmission of the seasonal flu. .....
Given that this is an issue that will be with us for months if not years, investment in such [public information]
campaigns will be worthwhile.
So, face masks are here for ever. And perhaps for outdoor use, as in the more enthusiastic - i.e. fascistic - countries/states.
See who's on this "independent SAGE committee" - are they really people who were piqued not to get onto the official SAGE committee [Scientific Advisers to Government on the Covid-19 pandemic] ? Or is it a sub-committee.
Chair - Sir David King, Climate scientist. [hmmmm]
Here are the SPI-B members - Independent Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on
Behaviours of the Indy SAGE
Val Curtis is Professor of Hygiene and Director of the Environmental Health Group at the London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is an evolutionary anthropologist specialising in
hygiene behaviour globally. She is a participant in SPI-B.
John Drury is Professor of Psychology at the University of Sussex specialising in research on
collective behaviour including behaviour in emergencies. He is a participant in SPI-B.
Susan Michie is Professor of Health Psychology and Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change,
University College London. Her research focuses on behaviour change in relation to health and the
environment. She is a participant in SPI-B and advises the World Health Organization on behavioural
science in relation to Covid-19.
Stephen Reicher is Professor of Psychology at the University of St. Andrews. His work addresses
group processes, with special emphasis on processes of leadership, influence and collective action.
He is a participant in SPI-B and in the Advisory Group to the Scottish Chief Medical Officer on Covid19.
Elizabeth Stokoe is Professor of Social Interaction at Loughborough University. She is an expert in
conversation analysis. She is a consultant for SPI-B.
Robert West is Emeritus Professor of Health Psychology at University College London and Editor-inChief of the journal Addiction. He specialises in addiction and behaviour change. He acts as advisor
to Public Health England on tobacco control and behaviour change. He is a participant in SPI-B.
Laura Bear is Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics. Her current research
focusses on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on vulnerable communities. She is a participant in
SPI-B.
the other two members deal with racism and gender issues. Hmmmm [And what is the "addiction" we're being weaned off with these Covid measures? Travel? Social interaction in schools, religious institutions, offices, public transport?]
Imran Awan is Professor of Criminology and an expert on tackling victimisation against BAME
communities and the effects of violent crime in society.
Ann Phoenix is Professor of Psychosocial Studies at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute
of Education. Her research focusses on racialised and gendered identities, family lives and home,
migration and transnational families.
Oh, and these mind-benders don't want other areas of control relaxed as new ones are brought in.
