News Round Up
- “Tory anger as Boris Johnson to extend ‘draconian’ coronavirus laws for six months” – Dozens of Tory backbenchers are set to rebel against the extension of coronavirus legislation, according to the Telegraph
- “Why are lockdown restrictions still tough, even though we have a Covid vaccine?” – Steve Baker MP explains for the Sun why he’s not supporting the extension of the Coronavirus Act
- “We need a new roadmap to freedom that is based on data, not dates” – Mark Harper MP in the Telegraph says that he will not be supporting the extension of the Act either
- “Ballot papers will be quarantined to stop spread of Covid at local elections” – Quarantining ballot papers will delay the counting in the local elections, according to the Telegraph. Someone evidently still thinks that fomite transmission is a thing
- “Sunetra Gupta is right about lockdown – ministers should hang their heads in shame” – Kathy Gyngell at the Conservative Woman highlights Professor Sunetra Gupta’s recent interview on How Are You Sweden? and wonders how Boris et al. still prefer the advice of SAGE
- “How to deal with the Little Hitlers of Covid” – Rebecca D’Amoto in the Conservative Woman has some advice for handling the yellow-jacketed Covid functionaries
- “COVID-19: Stronger warnings are needed to curb socialising after vaccination, say doctors” – The BMJ reports that some experts are calling for “stronger health warnings for people being vaccinated against COVID-19 after observing a rise in infections shortly after vaccination”
- “A novel dystopia” – Left and Right are marching us towards tyranny and dystopia, writes Tom Hodgkinson in Perspective
- “Informed consent: Are we being given the full facts about the vaccine” – An anonymous piece in VoxPost, questioning whether people are really giving full consent before getting jabbed
- “Priest tells heart-breaking story to support Katie’s Appeal” – Adam Watkinson recounts his final farewell to his wife Sue last year and urges people to give money to the hospice that cared for her
- “Time for Recovery Essential T-Shirt” – The Time For Recovery group has launched a merch store. Let’s hope it’s more successful than ours!
- “Travel, Quarantine and Human Rights with Francis Hoar” – The lockdown sceptic lawyer comes to the Pandemic podcast with Dan Gregory to talk about the border quarantine rules
- “The Power Grab: Police, Vaccines and Kids on Phones” – In the latest episode of the Week in Review by Bournbrook Magazine, Michael Curzon, S.D Wickett and Luke Perry discuss the police, Covid ‘certificates’ and possible delays in the vaccine rollout
- “Churches still restricted after June 21st; AstraZeneca Vaccine Debacle” – In this week’s episode of Irreverend, the Reverends Daniel, Tom and Jamie discuss the news that social distancing and mask usage in churches will still be required beyond June 21st, and the recent suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine in many countries around the world
- “Merkel and Macron are set to back illegal EU plan to BLOCK exports of Astrazeneca vaccine to Britain that could hit 20% of supply” – The Mail on Sunday reports that Commission President Ursula Van der Leyen, together with the French and German governments, are threatening to ban the export of 19 million jabs to the UK
- “Pfizer warns EU to back down on threats to block vaccine exports to UK as essential ingredients are made in Yorkshire” – The Sun says that Pfizer has warned the EU that export embargoes could bring production to a halt
- “Algerian passengers ‘stuck’ for three weeks at Paris airport due to COVID-19 border closure” – EuroNews reports that 25 Algerians were stuck in the main airport in Paris for three weeks thanks to lockdown restrictions
- “Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg apologises for breaking her own Government’s COVID rules” – The Norwegian PM is facing some embarrassment over her 60th birthday party, according to EuroNews
- “The 2020 Recession: Blame lockdowns, not the virus” – “The data is clear,” says Jack Nicastro and Ethan Yang at AIER. “Lockdowns have caused an unprecedented level of economic damage that has far exceeded any event in modern history be it another pandemic or a financial crisis”
- “No, The pandemic didn’t heal nature” – Lockdown has not solved our environmental problems, writes Christopher Barnard at AIER. “More specifically, it didn’t even do so much as nudge us in the right direction”
- “Why are we vaccinating children against COVID-19?” – Medical researchers point out that there is no scientific basis for vaccinating children in AIER
- “Imran Khan: Pakistan’s prime minister tests positive for Covid” – Imran khan probably became infected during official engagements last week, shortly before being vaccinated, according to the Guardian
- “China’s first local Covid case since February had been vaccinated – state media” – According to Chinese state media, the first local case in the country since February was a hospital staff worker who had received two shots of an unspecified vaccine, the Guardian reports
- “How the coronavirus pandemic almost didn’t happen” – MailOnline highlights a new study which suggests that COVID-19 only spread across the world thanks to a “perfect storm of conditions” and almost didn’t happen
- “A Discussion with Geert Vanden Bossche, DVM, PHD and Peter McCullough, MD, MPH” – A discussion on vaccination and early treatment, part of a webinar hosted by Covexit.com
- “Irish Expat DESTROYS Lockdown Policy In Ireland” – Caller to Irish radio phone-in sets out the case against lockdowns with eloquence and passion
- “HUGE Protests in many countries today, 14 in this video” – A collection of footage from yesterday’s anti-lockdown protests around the world
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