News Round-Up
August 15, 2021 1:33 am 71 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.
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.
Countries that have permanently shut their borders in a misguided effort to reduce Covid infections to zero are heading for economic disaster. Thank God we ignored Independent SAGE and avoided this hair-brained strategy.
Nearly one million people in England became addicted to alcohol as a result of Covid lockdowns, official data suggests.
We're publishing an original piece on the Daily Sceptic by a senior executive in a pharmaceutical company about why threatening the unvaccinated with social penalties is contrary to the principle of informed consent.
Professors Sunetra Gupta and Paul Dolan have written a piece for the Telegraph pointing out that the lockdowns imposed across the world last year were based on faith, not evidence, and have had disastrous consequences.
More than one in five adults said they experienced a complete breakdown in a relationship at home or at work in the past year, the U.K.’s largest study of social ties during the pandemic has revealed.
We're publishing a guest piece on the Daily Sceptic by Charlotte Niemiec. In an impressive tour de horizon, she highlights the Government's endless stream of contradictory and nonsensical advice, from face masks on down.
Steve Waterson, the Commercial Editor of the Australian, has kindly given the Daily Sceptic permission to reprint his latest column. It's another jeremiad against Australia's staggeringly incompetent ruling class.
We're publishing a piece on the Daily Sceptic today by Anthony Brookes, a Professor of Genomics and Health Data Science at Leicester, University explaining why SARS-CoV-2 variants infect populations in wave-like patterns.
In this week's London Calling, James and I have our usual row about whether the mismanagement of the pandemic by the authorities is a conspiracy or a cock-up. I remain sceptical, while James proudly dons his tin foil hat.
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