News Round-Up

• “Novak Djokovic at U.S. Open: Vaccine change boost for world No.1” – Novak Djokovic will be allowed to compete at the U.S. Open this year after the U.S Government decided to end all emergency COVID-19 measures from May 11th, reports MSN.
• “Does this finally put the mask debate to bed? ‘Gold standard’ analysis of 78 studies and one million people finds face coverings made ‘little to no difference’ to Covid infection or death rates” – The Mail reports on the update to the Cochrane review that found masks still don’t work.
• “Ugly people are more likely to wear Covid face masks, study suggests” – Researchers from South Korea reported that in a post-Covid world, people who consider themselves attractive are less inclined to wear a face mask in order to make a good first impression, the Mail reports.
• “Knew Covid engineered to make it infectious to humans but was silenced” – Dr. Angus Dalgleish in the Express gives his expert take on the origin of the virus.
• “Everything You Need to Know About the Lab Leak” – Professor Pat Fidopiastis in Brownstone with an overview of the evidence supporting a lab origin for SARS-CoV-2 – and why he thinks the Chinese are to blame.
• “Repeated mRNA injections” – The experts at HART set out their concerns about the role of the vaccines in inducing tolerance to the virus.
• “We rightly mourn the dead, but mustn’t forget the disabled” – HART wonders what’s behind the troubling rise in those registered as disabled since mid-2021.
• “Mass Media and Propaganda” – William Poulos takes a deep dive into the nature of media propaganda and what Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman had to say about it.
• “The truth about the British Empire: Nigel Biggar and Matthew Parris in conversation” – Nigel Biggar, author of Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning, speaks to Spectator columnist Matthew Parris about the oft-misunderstood legacy of the British Empire.
• “Faithful synod member reported by bishop for ‘hate crime’” – The woke Church of England strikes again as a bishop reports his own General Synod member to the police for, er, posting messages on social media that some people disagree with, reports Christian Concern.
• “Anthony Horowitz told to not use ‘scalpel’ in last murder mystery” – Writers are facing “death by a thousand cuts” because of publishers’ fears over cultural sensitivities, the best-selling author Anthony Horowitz has warned, reports the Mail.
• “Sturgeon’s political crisis deepens as she undermines her own gender laws” – The First Minister’s authority ebbs away as anger grows within her ranks after she refused three times to say trans rapist Isla Bryson is female, reports the Telegraph.
• “‘Biological sex really matters’: Rishi Sunak wades into transgender prisoner row and says trans athletes competing in women’s sport seems ‘unfair’ – as he defines a woman as ‘adult human female’” – The Prime Minister almost manages to sound conservative, in the Mail.
• “Britain is becoming too woke to defend itself” – The RAF stands accused of discriminating against white men and it makes you want to cry with shame, says Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
• “Blame the Tories for the woke epidemic” – Let’s ask simple questions, says Tom Harris in the Telegraph. “Which party controls the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office? Who is in charge of the Ministry of Defence?”
• “Controversial speakers can sue universities for free speech breaches after Government U-turn” – The Government agrees to put the tort-as-first-resort back into the Bill, protecting free speech, but placing it on a collision course with peers, reports the Telegraph.
• “Chat GPT is so woke it wouldn’t write a title for me!” – The Naked Emperor probes the woke biases of the AI sensation.
• “New union to fight race, diversity and gender dogma in schools” – Parents, teachers and lecturers have united to found a new education union to resist the teaching of “white privilege and transgender ideology” in schools, the Times reports.
• “Third Dr. J. T. Walker/Pfizer-Project Veritas Video” – Dr. Robert Malone takes a close look at the latest video of the hapless Dr. Walker and his date from hell, in which he admits that there are potentially worrying effects of the vaccine on menstruation that they don’t understand. Get Thorsteinn’s take here.

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