We're publishing another dispatch from our anonymous Hong Kong correspondent on the Daily Sceptic about the catastrophic consequences of the Chinese Communist Party's Zero Covid policy.
Professor Mark Woolhouse, a member of the SAGE modelling team, has written a mea culpa in which he says the Government made a series of catastrophic mistakes in 2020 and the lockdown sceptics were basically right.
HRH the Queen has tested positive for COVID-19, yet in spite of her advanced age she is experiencing nothing more serious than mild, cold-like symptoms.
More 'experts' have weighed in, claiming the decision to phase out all Covid restrictions is "premature" and "not based on current evidence". Meanwhile, infections, hospitalisations and deaths continue to plummet.
In a last-ditch effort to force Boris to reconsider his plans to lift all remaining Covid restrictions within weeks, SAGE has conjured up yet another apocalyptic scenario out of thin air.
Two days ago on the Daily Sceptic, we asked why Hong Kong's hospitals are under so much pressure, given low infection rates? A reader and Hong Kong resident has provided the answer – the city's 'Dynamic Covid Policy'.
Douglas Murray has written a horrifying account of how his night out at the theatre in New York with Dr. Jordan Peterson was ruined by an officious enforcer of mandatory masking.
The Austrian Government has done a massive U-turn on vaccine passports. From March 5th, the unvaccinated will be allowed back into restaurants, cafes and bars. Mandatory vaccination law now unlikely to be implemented.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
In this week's London Calling, the topics are Mexico (which you can enter without being vaccinated), Trudeau's uncertain political future and Jack Reacher's implausibly muscly body, given that he never goes to the gym.
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