Health chiefs have warned that lockdowns and social distancing could have led to a drop in immunity to seasonal influenza which could in turn result in the highest number of flu deaths this winter in 50 years.
Schools will not reintroduce the policy of 'bubbles' to protect pupils against coronavirus, the Education Secretary says, but he hasn't ruled out a return of face masks.
No matter how often he's wrong, Professor Neil Ferguson is still making the rounds of broadcasting studios and the parliamentary estate brandishing his crystal ball. Click here for Mystic Meg's latest doom-mongering.
In this week’s London Calling, the talking points are the recent easing of travel restrictions (unless you’re unvaccinated), unsuccessful stalking adventures, the new Sharpe novel and Irwin Shaw’s Young Lions.
Covid cases in the U.K. have dropped for a fifth day in a row, week-on-week, official figures revealed today. So much for Sir Patrick Vallance's prediction that cases would climb to 50,000 a day without further "action".
New Zealand has extended its lockdown, introducing more restrictions as the Delta variant spreads beyond Auckland. When will Jacinda Ardern admit defeat and acknowledge that the Zero Covid policy is a pipe dream?
We're publishing an original essay on the Daily Sceptic today by regular contributor James Alexander, an Assistant Professor of politics. It's about bullshit and the part it plays in the political response to COVID-19.
Five English football players who have been selected for the England squad recently are refusing to have a coronavirus vaccine, threatening their places in the World Cup squad in Qatar.
There's a terrific interview with lockdown sceptic hero Lionel Shriver in the latest issue of the Critic in which she rails against the attempts by the authoritarian left to police novelists and literature.
We're publishing a new postcard on the Daily Sceptic today, this one by Russell David about a recent trip to Slovenia. Bit of a mixed bag – mask mandates are ubiquitous – but probably better than a week in Skegness.
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