Returning to Hong Kong for the first time since Covid, Dr Roger Watson says that the creeping absorption of the region into China is palpable as Beijing dismantles many of its former freedoms.
China gets a lot wrong, but a few things right, says Dr Roger Watson, who finds the country moving ahead in some ways but still lamentable in others.
Prolonged wearing of a face mask reduces cognitive function and increases reaction time in addition to increasing shortness of breath and fatigue, a study in an international peer-reviewed journal has found.
Once a city he adored, Edinburgh is now plagued by poor governance, unkempt streets and costly, ineffective public projects, says Dr Roger Watson.
Dr. Clare Craig's excellent new book lays bare the scientific falsehoods and destructive insanity that took hold during Covid, says Dr. Roger Watson.
Dr Roger Watson reviews two books, The Face Mask Cult by Hector Drummond and Unmasked by Ian Miller, that lay bare the scientific fictions that underpinned the great Covid face mask con.
Dr Roger Watson makes his first trip to China since Covid and finds some surprises, including a society less visibly scarred by lockdown than the UK and a senior nurse who says she was never required to wear a face mask.
Nurses are free to criticise lockdowns and vaccines, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has confirmed. But Roger Watson says it shouldn't haven taken eight months to reach this decision and clear his name.
Dr Roger Watson with the sorry tale of a student hauled before university authorities that shows how, in our woke universities, even an allegation without evidence can get you cancelled.
After suffering the ignominy of a rejected petition to Parliament, Dr Roger Watson takes a look at the other petitions that have been cast upon the proverbial scrap heap and finds an unexpected world of entertainment.
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