We're publishing a guest post by our in-house doctor on the Daily Sceptic looking at the latest NHS data. Conclusion: Omicron hospital admissions in the community are declining and unlikely to result in severe COVID-19.
If senior politicians knew the Covid restrictions were pointless – and it's not just Boris who flagrantly disregarded them, but Keir Starmer, Mark Drakeford and Sadiq Kahn too – why did they advocate for them?
The Health Secretary has said Covid passes will be scrapped in England this month as the country's Omicron wave continues to collapse. Masks in shops and on public transport will continue.
The Telegraph has an exclusive: Two leaving events for No 10 staff were held on eve of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral, at which Her Majesty was forced to grieve alone due to Covid rules.
Why does the writer of Don't Look Up think people aren't panicking enough about climate change? The entire professional class are running around like headless chickens, saying, "Omigod! The world's going to catch fire!"
Britain's Omicron wave continued to collapse today as coronavirus cases fell for the eighth day in a row and hospital admissions remained flat. Meanwhile, the NHS is still putting finishing touches to Nightingale 'hubs'.
Daily Covid cases fell by nearly 45% in a week today in the biggest drop since Omicron took off — and an expert claimed the U.K. would be the first country in the northern hemisphere to tame the pandemic.
We're publishing an essay on the Daily Sceptic by a Research Associate in Philosophy at Newcastle about a Guardian column by Zoe Williams passing off school mask mandates as no big deal. Dr. Sinead Murphy begs to differ.
People in Scotland may have to wear masks in public places for years to come, Nicola Sturgeon has warned. This is in spite of masked-up Scotland having a higher number of Covid cases per 100,000 than England.
In this week's London Calling, the topics are No-Vaxx Djokovic's triumph over the Oz immigration authorities, the NHS doctor who spoke truth to power, Gina Miller's new political party and Don't Look Up.
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