Now that almost all vulnerable people have been vaccinated, why are we trying to stop children getting the virus if, as Chris Whitty says, “the great majority” of them are going to get it at some point anyway?
The pro-lockdown John Snow Memorandum claimed “there is no evidence for lasting protective immunity to SARS-CoV-2 following natural infection”. A new study finds that immunity is still present 12 months later.
Nurses are being fired for not getting vaccinated, despite having natural immunity. They served on the frontline for more than eighteen months, while the people demanding mandates were sitting at home on their laptops.
Two recent studies compared natural and vaccine-induced immunity at the cellular level. They found evidence that natural immunity is more robust, and that it confers greater protection against novel variants.
For months, we’ve been treated to morbid ‘daily death numbers’ – but for only one cause of death. Perhaps if these figures had been reported for all causes of death, people’s risk perceptions would be less skewed.
In a recent Gallup poll, 41% of Democrats said the risk of hospitalisation for those who aren't vaccinated is at least 50%. Given such skewed risk perceptions, is it any surprise that COVID theatre is still with us?
A study published earlier this year found that 30% of severe COVID cases were linked to a recent hospital visit. Now researchers have shown that air filtration/UV light can remove the virus from hospital wards.
A recent survey in India focussing on the ‘scheduled castes and scheduled tribes’ (those that have low status within the country’s caste system) found that more than 90% of parents wanted schools to re-open.
During the spring of 2020, the official advice on masks went from "do not wear one" to "wear one" in a matter of weeks. Why such a sudden change? It may have all started with a chart that went viral on social media.
Why did so few economists speak out against lockdowns? Mikko Packalen and Jay Bhattacharya note that economists are members of the 'laptop class', and that over the years, the field has become more technocratic.
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