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Evidence for high-grade face masks was weak, Covid inquiry told

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85% Informative

High-grade masks may have performed no better than thin surgical masks in real-life situations.

UK Health Security Agency chief medical adviser said there could be “significant harms” from wearing FFP3s.

Covid inquiry is currently taking evidence about the impact on the NHS and healthcare systems across four nations of the UK .

VR Score

90

Informative language

91

Neutral language

72

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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