News Round-Up
December 27, 2021 12:50 am 186 CommentsA 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.
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Schools Plan to Send Home Whole Year Groups in January
December 26, 2021 10:00 pm 40 CommentsSchools are drawing up plans to send whole year groups home amid concern that the Omicron variant will lead to staff shortages in January.
D-Day
December 26, 2021 7:28 pm 145 CommentsThe Prime Minister is due to meet with Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty tomorrow to decide whether to impose any more restrictions. It will hinge on how quickly Covid hospital admissions are rising.
Hardware Problem Fixed – Happy Boxing Day
December 26, 2021 7:11 pm 41 CommentsThe Daily Sceptic is now back up, having been offline for about 30 hours. We're almost certain it didn't go down as the result of a malicious attack. Rather, it was a hardware fault. Luckily, everything was backed up.
One in Three Covid Patients May Have Caught Virus in Hospital
December 25, 2021 9:00 am 24 CommentsUp to one in three Covid patients may have caught the illness in hospital, official figures show. That makes it hard to use the Covid hospitalisation data to justify new lockdown restrictions.
Happy Christmas to All Our Readers
December 25, 2021 7:00 am 19 CommentsHappy Christmas to all the readers of the Daily Sceptic and a special thank you to all those who've donated to the site over the past 12 months.
News Round-Up
December 25, 2021 12:51 am 9 CommentsA 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.
You Are a Third Less Likely to Catch Covid this Christmas Than Last Christmas and 80% Less Likely to Die From It. So Why the Panic?
December 24, 2021 3:39 pm 83 CommentsWe're republishing in the Daily Sceptic the latest report by James Ferguson, a financial analyst, who argues – quite convincingly – that not only is Omicron considerably milder than Delta but also less transmissible.
Postcard From Romania – Part II
December 24, 2021 1:26 pm 9 CommentsFor Romanians, being bombarded with hysterical state propaganda telling them to expect all sorts of privations in response to a mortal threat is nothing new. Read the latest postcard on the Daily Sceptic.
A Doctor Writes: An Omicron Tsunami is Coming, isn’t it?
December 23, 2021 10:07 pm 70 CommentsWe're publishing a guest post by our in-house doctor, formerly a senior NHS medic, about the hospital data released this afternoon. Does it support the claim that there's an Omicron tsunami heading our way? Er, no.