The Lost Lessons of the Covid Pandemic

How political imperatives sidetrack scientific enquiry

This week saw the publication of a suite of systematic reviews by the Royal Society on the effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the pandemic. 

Politico headlined with  “Top review says COVID lockdowns and masks worked, period;” The Guardian led with “Lockdowns and face masks ‘unequivocally’ cut the spread of Covid, report finds” and the I newspa…