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The following is a continuation of 10 Ways COVID Changed How People Think About Health–Part 1 6. Citizen Researchers The lack of information on COVID-19 and data on vaccine safety and efficacy has left the public with questions. A survey in October 2021 showed that 3 in 4 Americans (76 percent) leave their doctor’s appointment on a negative note, feeling confused about their health or dissatisfied with the answers. Though this survey was on general health, respondents were surveyed during the pandemic. Many studies highlighted the importance of transparency and trust in COVID-19 messaging (1, 2). Yet studies criticizing the...

Masking children was a “political decision” despite a risk of harm and limited benefits, claims the children’s campaign group UsForThem. Set up in May 2020, UsForThem have campaigned for the UK government to discontinue the use of masks for children and adults in school settings and evidenced the harm of lockdowns on kids. In a recent Substack, UsForThem posted that it requested the Department for Education (DfE) several times to confirm the evidence basis for its policies on the use of masks in schools and for it to produce any evidence that it had carried out a risk assessment prior...