Good article. The Cochrane Collaboration is mentioned as a body that provides independent oversight of medical research. This was true originally, however it's likely now that the once esteemed organisation has been conquered (by a former journalist) and is now run as controlled opposition:

Death of a whistleblower and Cochrane’s moral collapse

That's the website of the co-founder, who got booted out. He

not only criticised the work of his research colleagues – a normal and desirable part of the research process - but also the pharmaceutical industry and established psychiatric practice – something not all dare to do.

A slim majority vote by board members outed him (over his criticism of a vaccine if I remember correctly - maybe HPV) - and his supporters on the board then resigned:

Mass resignation guts board of prestigious Cochrane Collaboration

More recently the Cochrane Collaboration came out with a meta analysis in support of mask wearing - but careful study of the studies they chose showed the evidence for effectiveness of mask wearing among the general public was weak:

https://dailysceptic.org/scientific-information-on-masks-against-covid-19/