Unmasking CDC’s Latest Mask Study: How Government Gets It Wrong Again

Plus: Student Activists Trying to Cancel Georgetown Law Professor Aren’t Snowflakes, They’re Bullies February 9 2022 Good morning from Washington, where public health officials are backpedaling on the effectiveness of masks against COVID-19 even as school systems cling to them. Doug Badger has the facts. Students are bullying a Georgetown Law prof over his choice of words, Jarrett Stepman writes. On the podcast, the director of a new documentary details Communist China’s bloody suppression of a religious movement. Plus: a former reporter sues over House Democrats’ investigative tactics; mental health and “transitioning” teens; and the disquieting nuclear threat. On this date in 1825, with no candidate claiming a majority in the Electoral College, the House of Representatives votes to elect John Quincy Adams president, although he trails Andrew Jackson in the popular vote. COMMENTARY [Unmasking CDC’s Latest Mask Study: How Government Gets It Wrong Again]() [Unmasking CDC’s Latest Mask Study: How Government Gets It Wrong Again]() By Doug Badger The study reports that wearing a cloth mask may make you 17% more likely to test positive for COVID-19 than wearing no mask at all. [More]() COMMENTARY [Student Activists Trying to Cancel Georgetown Law Professor Aren’t Snowflakes, They’re Bullies]() [Student Activists Trying to Cancel Georgetown Law Professor Aren’t Snowflakes, They’re Bullies]() By Jarrett Stepman A cancel culture incident at Georgetown Law School perfectly illustrates the corruption of elite American institutions and the folly of wishing the “culture war” simply would go away. [More]() NEWS [Lawsuit Alleges Illegal Tactics in House Democrats’ Climate Probe of Oil Companies]() [Lawsuit Alleges Illegal Tactics in House Democrats’ Climate Probe of Oil Companies]() By Fred Lucas House Democrats are using privately funded staff to investigate oil companies for spreading “disinformation” on climate change, a lawsuit alleges. [More]() COMMENTARY [Trans Health Association Recommends Mental Health Assessment Before Teens Transition. The New York Times Isn’t Convinced.]() [Trans Health Association Recommends Mental Health Assessment Before Teens Transition. The New York Times Isn’t Convinced.]() By Nicole Russell In an incredible twist, The New York Times appears to at least kind of acknowledge the idea that transgender teens may “need therapy before hormones.” [More]() COMMENTARY [Threat Assessment Grim on Weapons of Mass Destruction]() [Threat Assessment Grim on Weapons of Mass Destruction]() By Peter Brookes There are good reasons to be nervous about threats from weapons of mass destruction arising from Iran, North Korea, Syria, China, and Russia. [More]() ANALYSIS ['Unsilenced': New Film Lifts Curtain on Horrors Committed by Chinese Communist Party]() ['Unsilenced': New Film Lifts Curtain on Horrors Committed by Chinese Communist Party]() By Virginia Allen In the documentary film “Unsilenced,” director Leon Lee tells the story of those who were persecuted and killed by China’s government because they practiced Falun Gong. [More]() COMMENTARY [ICYMI: By Design, Biden’s Border Crisis Actually His Biggest Success]() [ICYMI: By Design, Biden’s Border Crisis Actually His Biggest Success]() By Deroy Murdock Why would President Biden willfully obliterate the U.S.-Mexico boundary and vacuum millions of illegal immigrants north? [More]() [LOGO-CHARCOAL_75percent.jpg] [Donate to The Daily Signal]() [Find us on Facebook]() [Find us on Facebook]() [Follow us on Twitter]() [Follow us on Twitter]() How are we doing?We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at [letters@dailysignal.com](). The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 [(800) 546-2843]() Add [morningbell@heritage.org]() to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.]()