Jonathan Sumption Is Wrong About Excess Deaths
January 30, 2023 7:00 am 61 CommentsJonathan Sumption was very sound on the issue of lockdowns, but he is wrong about the cause of excess deaths in 2022, writes Nick Rendell.
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Excess Deaths in Finland and Norway in 2022 Were Higher Than in Sweden in 2020
January 22, 2023 7:00 am 30 CommentsSweden's Covid approach caused widespread outrage amongst mainstream commentators. Yet as the data continues to vindicate them, the outrage seems to have quietly died down, writes Nick Rendell.
Will Aseem Malhotra’s Appearance Be the BBC’s Most Viewed Programme of 2023?
January 15, 2023 11:00 am 54 CommentsWith 15m views and counting, Aseem Malhotra's BBC appearance is set to be one of the most viewed BBC clips of the year. Does it herald a change in approach from the broadcaster, or did someone just not do their homework?
Will Covid in China Prove to Be a Paper Tiger?
January 9, 2023 11:00 am 11 CommentsNick Rendell looks past the lurid predictions of models at the actual Covid stats in China and asks if the Chinese people will start to question why they were locked in their houses for so long.
Hold the Front Page! The World Wakes Up to What Sceptics Knew All Along
December 15, 2022 4:56 pm 29 CommentsThe vaccines weren't tested to stop transmission, Covid might have escaped from a lab, healthy people are at very low risk – hold the front page! The world is waking up to what sceptics knew all along.
The Incoherence of Spending Billions on Lockdowns to ‘Save Lives’ While Assisting Many of the Same People to Commit Suicide
December 1, 2022 11:00 am 13 CommentsIt's hard to make sense of a policy that spends billions on lockdowns to 'save lives' while also assisting many of the same people to commit suicide.
Low Booster Rates Show the U.K. is Slowly Coming to its Senses
November 15, 2022 1:40 pm 28 CommentsInitially we were told that we would only vaccinate the vulnerable. We then proceeded to vaccinate everyone. Now we’re back to only vaccinating the over-50s, and only a minority of 50-59 year-olds are taking it up.
No, the War in Ukraine is Not Behind the Cost of Living Crisis. It Was Lockdown
November 8, 2022 12:59 pm 15 CommentsA recent poll found far more people blame the war in Ukraine for the cost of living crisis than lockdown. But the data are clear: inflation started as lockdown ended and no impact from the start of the war can be seen.
How to Talk to Your Friends About the Vaccines Without Alarming Them
October 25, 2022 7:00 am 43 CommentsNick Rendell senses a turning of the tide in people’s perception of the vaccines and the pandemic in general, and suggests some ways to broach the topic of vaccines without imbuing unproductive alarm.
Those Demonising the Unvaccinated Need to Look in the Mirror
October 17, 2022 7:31 pm 30 CommentsThose demonising the unvaccinated need to look in the mirror – many of them are overweight, and that's much more likely to put you in hospital for Covid or something else than declining the vaccine.