Unmasking Lady Hallett

Judges should be impartial - even with mask flip floppers

Last week, Dr Hopkins from the UKHSA gave evidence at the Hallett Inquiry. She was asked about the evidence of the effectiveness of masks and gave the answers that you can watch here:

Observe the baroness’s body language and listen to her opening words when she is wearing different types of masks. (Watch the video through the link.)

We congratulate Dr Hopkins for fairly presenting the evidence and sticking to her guns. 

Except that she is four years late: UKHSA should have prevented the use of mask mandates in 2020 and insisted on carrying out trials to fill in the gaps in the evidence base for their use. However, you might want to watch Dr Hopkins join the list of flip-floppers.

The Hallett Inquiry - Now we have the mask double flip flop

The evidence is the same as in 2020; in 2023, nothing changed from testing against influenza-like illness transmission to Covid 19 transmission.

Masks again, again and again.

However, the most interesting point from the exchange is Lady Hallett’s behaviour and her failure to grasp the importance of generalising from laboratory experiments to r…