News Round-Up

• “Covid to blame for just 1% of weekly deaths from all causes across U.S., CDC data shows” – The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Covid dashboard shows 324 Covid deaths were registered in the week ending August 19th, making up just 1.7% of the overall deaths that week, reports the Mail.
• “Hospitals across the U.S. are bringing back mask mandates ” – Several U.S. hospital services have re-instated mask mandates, citing a marginal increase in COVID-19 cases, reports the Epoch Times.
• “Recent mask mandates in America lifted amid pushback” – A hospital service in California and a Hollywood studio have scrapped their mask mandates, reports the Epoch Times.
• “It’s difficult to see how the £100m Covid Inquiry is worth it” – It is difficult to see how we can justify the Covid Inquiry’s eye-watering cost or the amount of time and energy for those involved, says James Le Fanu in the Telegraph.
• “The ‘Office for No More Statistics’ on deaths by vaccination status” – The Office for National Statistics data on vaccine mortality is not fit for purpose, say Profs Norman Fenton and Matin Neil on Substack.
• “Nagoya University prof finds twice as many post-vax deaths as Covid deaths among Japanese in their 20s in 2021” – Japan is preparing to unveil its latest Covid booster and assures the public that “the benefits outweigh the risks”. But Prof. Seiji Kojima of Nagoya University remains sceptical, says Guy Gin on Substack.
• “Who’s making the variants?” – Mark Steyn examines a study by Japanese scientists suggesting that certain COVID-19 variants, like Omicron, may not have evolved naturally.
• “Authorities in denial over vaccine link to soaring pilot deaths” – Authorities are in denial over the link between Covid vaccines and an increase in pilot deaths, says Sally Beck in TCW.
• “Dr. John Campbell: ‘I no longer trust authority’” – Dr. John Campbell appears on Russell Brand’s YouTube channel to discuss Moderna, myocarditis and mRNA.
• “Key opinion leaders: Working for pharma or public health?” – The time has come to scrutinise the revolving door between public health bodies and government officials, say Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan on Substack.
• “Sweden during the pandemic: Pariah or paragon?” – The main difference between Sweden’s strategy and that of most other countries was that it mostly relied on voluntary adaptation rather than government force, writes Johan Norberg for the Cato Institute.
• “Pfizer’s Covid vaccine causes VAIDS in children, study proves” – According to a new study, children who have been vaccinated with the Pfizer Covid vaccine are more susceptible to bacterial and fungal infections, claims Igor Chudov on Substack.
• “BBC bombards households with TV licence enforcement letters” – The BBC is bombarding Britons with letters demanding they pay the licence fee as revenues fall, reports the National.
• “Prigozhin is alive and plotting revenge on Putin, analyst claims” – Prigozhin is “alive, well and free” in an unnamed country, according to Dr. Valery Solovey, says the Mail.
• “Canada’s woke nightmare is a vision of Britain’s future” – Drug decriminalisation, gender ideology, legal euthanasia – Canada seems to have adopted every policy on the progressive wish list, writes Steve Edginton in the Telegraph. And it’s not a good advertisement for those policies.
• “Ulez cameras painted red as backlash begins” – Vandals attempting to thwart Sadiq Khan’s Ultra Low Emission Zone expansion have targeted 14 cameras in a single road, reports the Telegraph.
• “Ulez ought to be the end of devolution” – The controversial Ulez scheme has exposed the key flaws in the idea that devolving power is good for Britain, argues Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
• “‘Insane surge’ in sales of diesel cars ahead of Ulez expansion” – Drivers are rushing to sell off non-compliant vehicles as Ulez rules kick in to cover all London boroughs, reports the Telegraph.
• “Parents angered by Labour council’s drag queen children’s story time” – A town is in uproar after Labour councillors decided to spend public money hiring a drag queen to read stories to children, reports the Mail.
• “Civil servant loses sexism tribunal after colleague called her a ‘clever woman’” – Calling a female civil servant a “clever woman” is not sexist, a tribunal has ruled, according to the Telegraph.
• “Bud Light sales fall further as Dylan Mulvaney mocks controversy at awards show” – Bud Light’s sales slump has deepened amid ongoing fallout from the brand’s engagement with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, says the Epoch Times.
• “The intransigent Right in the middle of the century (part one)” – Dr. David McGrogan, writing on Substack, puzzles over why left-wing intellectuals have routinely exaggerated the influence of right-wing intellectuals.
• “Unions against teachers” – U.S. teaching unions are actively harming rank-and-file teachers by exposing them to career-ending and sometimes bankruptcy-inducing liability, writes David R. Osborne in Law & Liberty.
• “Vivek’s next challenge? Staying normal” – Vivek Ramaswamy will do well if he remembers that Twitter is not America, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
• “Call back Trump!” – Tucker Carlson sits down with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest to discuss how best to end the war in Ukraine.

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