> For instance, I refuse to wear a mask at the doctor’s because I know that masks don’t stop virus transmission, while they impede patient–doctor communication.

Yeah, sorry, can't take them seriously after this.

> We now know empirically what reasonable observers predicted inductively: once Covid has a toehold, non-pharmaceutical interventions do vast harm and have little or no effect on the speed at which it spreads; suppressing the virus is impossible; and we do not know how to make vaccines that will prevent infection.

Not with that attitude, for sure. This reads like a tired and warmed-over rant against "oh-so-terrible covid restrictions".