News Round-Up

• “Now even Chinese scientists claim Covid did not jump to humans inside infamous Wuhan market in blow to natural animal origin theory” – The Mail reports on the latest Chinese CDC paper finding no evidence that the virus started in the wet market – though the Mail somehow missed the fact that China disavowed this theory back in spring 2020.
• “Anatomy of the sinister Covid Project, Part 6” – Paula Jardine in TCW completes her series on the origins of the virus and countermeasures by looking at the central role of Robert Kadlec and Michael Callahan in U.S. biosecurity and the early response to the virus.
• “Monkeypox and leaky vaccines” – Dr. Robert Malone says ‘Mpox’ is a case study in WHO and U.S. Government incompetence.
• “Progress is being made in some areas thanks to the pandemic” – Despite their strong criticism of high-Ct PCR testing during the pandemic, Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson explain that low-Ct PCR testing does give a sound indication of infectious virus prevalence: “PCR, far from being a shot in the dark, can accurately predict (if properly done) who matters in an epidemic and who does not, seen with a public health scope.”
• “‘Long Covid’: The Truth at Long Last” – The Swiss Doctor makes some helpful points about the new Long Covid study, but brace yourself for the grating tone. Also, it’s worth noting that the study in question, in a sensitivity analysis that removed less certain cases, did find post-infective fatigue syndrome (PIFS) to be just 6.2% higher in those who’d had Covid than those who hadn’t, a difference that was not statistically significant, so it wasn’t just an issue with the definition of Long Covid.
• “Globetrotting green elites are a threat to democracy” – A new superclass of eco-globalists is making life miserable for the rest of us, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked, with the departing New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern foremost in his mind.
• “Jacob Siegel: The great disinformation’ hoax” – Watch Jacob Siegel speak to UnHerd‘s Freddie Sayers about the ‘disinformation complex’ that has blossomed in recent years, from state actors all the way down to fact-checkers.
• “Meat and dairy remains on the menu at Edinburgh University after failed vegan vote” – A vote on banning meat and dairy from catering at Edinburgh University failed to get enough votes at the Students’ Association meeting, the Scottish Farmer reports.
• “Record electric car sales fuel fears over charging point crunch” – Experts warn that charger installation is failing to keep pace with the electric car boom, reports the Telegraph.
• “Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell arrested in amid SNP finance probe” – The Daily Record reports that the 58-year-old remains in custody after being arrested as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.
• “The Guardian has wrecked itself ” – Julie Burchill feels no sympathy for her former employer in the Spectator.
• “The media still won’t speak the truth about grooming gangs” – Much of the British media are still in denial that British Pakistanis are over-represented in this kind of child abuse, writes Charlie Peters in UnHerd.
• “Coercive and abhorrent” – Patricia Morgan in the Critic with an in-depth look at the contested topic of ‘conversion therapy’.
• “Beware the smart phone emergency alerts” – Kathy Gyngell in TCW highlights a sinister new ‘service’ coming to a smartphone near you later this month.
• “That’s my boy! Tom Daley shows off ‘perfect’ newborn after he and husband Dustin Lance Black welcomed second child via surrogate – and reveals his very unusual name” – The Mail reports that Tom Daley has shared a first look at his new baby boy – obtained via the ethically dubious baby trade – Phoenix Rose. Yes, a boy called Rose. Who I’m sure will at no point miss having his own mum.
• “Labour should hang their heads in shame over the grooming scandals” – ‘Cultural sensitivity’ always means sensitivity to one culture alone, “and it sure as hell isn’t the culture of white working-class girls”, says Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
• “Canadian politician Kristyn Wong-Tam, who uses the pseudo-pronouns ‘they/them’, proposes legislation to criminalise ‘offensive remarks’ within 100 metres of a Drag Queen Story Hour” – They want to eliminate free speech and turn normal people into criminals, says Christopher Rufo.

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