News Round-Up

• “Vaccinating teenagers against Covid is priority, says U.K. Epidemiologist” – Neil Ferguson says immunity levels are falling behind other countries that have jabbed 12 to 15 year-olds, reports the Guardian.
• “Arguing children need vaccines for their mental health and social development is scientifically illiterate and morally reprehensible” – Approving Covid jabs for 12-15 year-olds against scientific advice is bad enough, but suggesting it will benefit their mental health is an insult, given how this was disregarded in lockdown, writse Joanna Williams in Russia Today.
• “A Tale of Two Scientific Paradigms” – Here’s a new paper on conflicting scientific opinions on what “following the science” means for SARS-Cov-2 and the Covid pandemic.
• “So are vaccine passports on or off? Don’t ask Boris Johnson… or you’ll be even more confused” – The Vaccines Minister said they were happening, the Health Secretary said they weren’t. So along came the PM to clear things up… or not, writes Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “Virtual consultations are ‘unsafe’” – The Queen’s former doctor has called on GPs to hold more face-to-face appointments and stop defaulting to “unsafe” virtual consultations as the country moves out of the pandemic, reports the Sunday Express.
• “U.K. cancels Covid vaccine deal with French firm Valneva” – The Government has served notice to terminate its contract over allegations of a “breach of obligations”, reports the Guardian.
• “The Covid numbers simply don’t add up” – “We should be demanding proof that the numbers on the Government’s coronavirus dashboard are accurate and asking to see the missing discharge data,” writes Diana Kimpton in TCW Defending Freedom.
• “26 of the 27 Scientists Dismissing Lab-Leak Theory Have Ties to Wuhan Institute of Virology” – Since a letter was written in the Lancet dismissing the lab leak hypothesis as a “conspiracy theory”, any mention of the theory on social media has led to immediate censorship, reports TrialSite.
• “Infighting now more worrying than Covid itself, claims Government scientific adviser” – A Government scientific adviser says academic infighting over Covid worries him more than “handling the virus itself”, reports the Express.
• “Why the NHS needs more bureaucrats” – NHS middle-managers get a hard time, but the truth is that the health service needs more, not fewer, of them, writes Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Spectator.
• “PhD Cellular & Molecular Biologist Explains Why The Un-jabbed Are Not Selfish” – Dr. Christina Parks, Cellular and Molecular Biologist, explains that Covid vaccines do not and were never designed to prevent transmission of the virus, reports BodyCheck.
• “Quarantine hotels are useless, morally corrupt and must be scrapped” – The ‘Red List’ strategy has not saved the U.K. from a single mutant variant – they are a biological reality we must all learn to live with, writes Annabel Fenwick Elliott in the Telegraph.
• “Government approves ‘Red-List’ exemption for Champions League and European matches” – Prior to the exemption, matches involving English clubs and those from ‘Red List’ countries would have been played at neutral venues, reporst the Telegraph. The rules won’t be changing for anybody else just yet.
• “New York hospital to stop delivering babies as staff quit over vaccine rules” – Lewis county hospital is to suspend service next week because the Covid vaccine mandate for all New York health workers has produced a backlash, reports the Guardian.
• “Israeli Health Minister says vaccine passport system doesn’t have ‘medical justification’ in some cases – leaked footage” – Israeli officials have been caught admitting that in many situations, the country’s ‘Green Pass’ is not “medically justified”, but exists to pressure citizens into getting vaccinated, reports Russia Today.
• “Andrew Neil quits GB News after just eight shows” – The veteran broadcaster has stepped down as the channel’s Chairman and Lead Presenter after a breakdown in relations with its leadership, reports the Telegraph.
• “Extinction Rebellion must be stopped” – The internet and the social media have made it far too easy to whip up a mob on to the streets, writes Norman Tebbit in the Telegraph.
• “Meet Extinction Rebellion’s latest offshoot” – “These groups aren’t trying to convince ordinary people – ordinary people are just collateral damage in their pressure campaign against an already pretty green Government,” writes Tom Slater in the Spectator.
• “Now woke activists are burning books – and it’s become a frightening gamble to write one” – The return of censorship as our elites swallow the woke agenda is making life hell for writers and artists, writes Tim Stanley in the Telegraph.
• “In support of all the brave adults heading back to office” – Here’s an amusing clip on those who are reluctant to return to the office after months of working from home.