Covid inquiry: UKHSA chief is challenged on view that evidence for FFP3 masks is “weak”
BMJ 2024; 386 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2075 (Published 23 September 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;386:q2075
- Elisabeth Mahase
- The BMJ
At a hearing on 18 September1 Susan Hopkins, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) chief medical adviser and former deputy director of Public Health England’s national infection service, caused a stir when asked about the evidence for high grade face masks, specifically FFP3 masks.
Referring to meeting minutes from December 2020, Hopkins said that there had been discussion over whether there was “strong enough evidence” to recommend the use of FFP3 masks but that the conclusion had been that the “evidence was very weak.”
Early in the pandemic Public Health …
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