PETER HITCHENS: Face masks turn us into voiceless submissives - and it’s not science forcing us to wear them, it’s politics

By Peter Hitchens for The Mail on Sunday
Published: 00:09, 19 July 2020 | Updated: 00:13, 19 July 2020

"In a few weeks’ time, the Government faces the onset of what may be the worst economic crisis since 1929. It needs to keep the fear levels up to maintain its authority.

One way of doing this is the ceaseless promotion of an alleged ‘second wave’ of Covid, for which there is no evidence.

Another is to undertake a ferocious testing policy. This is now happening in Leicester where testers go from door to door to discover people who are ‘infected’ with Covid, even if they have no symptoms (which is usually the case) and are perfectly healthy. Then they can raise the alarm and close down the city.

But muzzling the populace is even better. People such as me, who think Ministers’ response to the virus is wildly out of proportion, have until now been able to live amid the propaganda, trying to stay sane.

But the muzzle is a badge of subservience and submission. Anyone who dons it publicly is agreeing to the Government’s crazy assessment of the level of danger."  Read more . . .

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"People communicate with facial expressions / body language. Small muscles in our face were deemed necessary by the evolutionary process. If we inhibit our ability to effectively communicate and reassure each other, we sabotage civilisation as we know it."