News Round-Up
July 28, 2021 2:55 am 39 CommentsA summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about Covid and other areas of warranted scepticism in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.
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Can We Say, Definitively, that the SAGE Models are Wrong?
July 27, 2021 12:44 pm 26 CommentsWe're publishing a guest piece on the Daily Sceptic by an epidemiologist trained and a former Professor of Forensic Science and Biological Anthropology looking at the most recent SAGE models. How did they get it so wrong?
And Finally…
July 27, 2021 2:27 am 34 CommentsIn the latest episode of London Calling, Toby and James discuss the declining case numbers – and where that leaves Neil Ferguson – as well as why Toby won’t boo footballers taking the knee and the new season of Ted Lasso.
News Round-Up
July 27, 2021 2:20 am 112 CommentsA summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about Covid and other areas of warranted scepticism in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Can Anything Save the NHS?
July 26, 2021 6:04 pm 76 CommentsThe Daily Sceptic's in-house doctor – formerly employed by the NHS, now in private practise – has written a guest post about a recent Policy Exchange report on how the NHS should manage its huge waiting list. He isn't impressed.
Do the U.K.’s Falling Case Numbers Prove Lockdowns Don’t Work?
July 26, 2021 5:31 pm 54 CommentsI've written a piece for the Mail asking whether the rapid decline in daily case numbers since 'Freedom Day' suggests that lockdowns aren't necessary to bring case numbers down. It's certainly beginning to look that way.
Young People Are Abandoning Masks
July 26, 2021 4:14 pm 77 CommentsAccording to a new poll, only 46% of 18-24 year-olds said they wore a mask in the past two weeks compared to 64% on June 2nd. Does this mean young people aren't as enthusiastic about lockdowns as we've been led to believe?
News Round-Up
July 26, 2021 12:39 am 64 CommentsA summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about Covid and other areas of warranted scepticism in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Sweden Avoided a ‘Pingdemic’. Why Couldn’t We?
July 25, 2021 7:23 pm 55 CommentsA reader of the Daily Sceptic has written a guest post comparing the U.K.'s enthusiastic, money-no-object embrace of a contact-tracing app with the much more cautious approach of Sweden. Result? No 'pingdemic' in Sweden.
Covid Cases Plummet For a Fifth Day in a row
July 25, 2021 7:05 pm 73 CommentsAnother day, another drop in cases. Coronavirus cases across the U.K. have fallen by nearly 40% in a week, dipping below 30,000 for the first time in a fortnight. Too early to start gloating?