{"id":39784,"date":"2020-12-04T07:03:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T11:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=39784"},"modified":"2020-12-04T07:05:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T11:05:49","slug":"british-government-puts-covid-1984-on-super-steroids-face-masks-to-be-worn-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=39784","title":{"rendered":"British Government Puts COVID-1984 on Super Steroids, Face Masks to be Worn For Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>UK Government Medical Officer Says Masks Should Be Worn FOR YEARS<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>WHO issues new guidelines advising everyone to wear masks everywhere despite admitting they do nothing<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_39786\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39786\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39786\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1229553172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1229553172.jpg 800w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1229553172-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-1229553172-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-39786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LONDON, ENGLAND &#8211; NOVEMBER 09: Britain&#8217;s Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, Jonathan Van-Tam speaks during a virtual press conference on the coronavirus pandemic in the UK inside 10 Downing Street on November 9, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Tolga Akmen &#8211; WPA pool\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-post-feat-img\" class=\"left relative mvp-post-feat-img-wide2\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-out right relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-in\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"tps_slideContainer_11320\" class=\"theiaPostSlider_slides\">\n<div class=\"theiaPostSlider_preloadedSlide\">\n<p><strong>The UK\u2019s deputy chief medical officer warned Wednesday that despite the arrival of COVID vaccines, face masks will still have to be worn \u201cfor years\u201d to come.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said that he expects to see the face coverings become as commonplace as they are in China and other places in the far east.<\/p>\n<p>Van-Tam urged that there will be no opportunity to \u201chave a massive party and throw out our masks and hand sanitiser\u201d now that a vaccine is here.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/2305286.html\" width=\"640\" height=\"550\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>Van-Tam also warned that \u201cthe vaccine isn\u2019t going to help you if you don\u2019t take it,\u201d adding that \u201cWatching others take it and hoping that this will then protect you isn\u2019t going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the virus \u00a0is likely \u201cgoing to be with humankind forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, new guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested that everyone should be wearing a face mask everywhere indoors at all times, as well as outdoors whenever they cannot keep more than a metre away from others.<\/p>\n<p>The health body issued a new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/advice-for-public\/when-and-how-to-use-masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">information sheet<\/a>\u00a0with the guidelines, but admits that there is \u201climited evidence\u201d that masks have any effect on stopping the spread of coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>An in depth study by Danish scientists at Copenhagen University recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8966883\/Masks-DONT-stop-spread-Covid-experts-criticise-troubling-lack-evidence.html\">found no evidence that masks protect anyone<\/a>\u00a0from the virus.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1329068654349185025&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F12%2F03%2Fuk-government-medical-officer-says-masks-should-be-worn-for-years%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1329068654349185025\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; 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