News Round-Up
July 24, 2021 1:16 am 50 CommentsA summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about the virus in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Author Archives for Toby Young
Are the Vaccines Reducing Hospitalisations?
July 23, 2021 7:41 pm 83 CommentsWe're publishing an original essay on the Daily Sceptic by an academic economist looking in detail at whether the vaccine roll-out has reduced the hospitalisation of the over-60s testing positive in Scotland. Answer: No.
Only 1.6% of Schoolchildren Forced to Self-Isolate For 10 Days Went on to Develop Covid
July 23, 2021 11:20 am 28 CommentsA new study out of Oxford has found that of the one million schoolchildren sent home and forced to self-isolate for 10 days every week last term, 98.4% did not go on to develop Covid. Totally unnecessary in other words.
Why is This Government so Wedded to the Ruinously Expensive and Completely Useless Test and Trace Programme?
July 23, 2021 10:55 am 120 CommentsWe're publishing a guest post on the Daily Sceptic by David McGrogan, Associate Professor of Law at Northumbria Law School, about why Boris has spent £37b on the useless Test and Trace programme. Answer? Vanity and hubris.
News Round-Up
July 23, 2021 1:51 am 80 CommentsA summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about the virus in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.
How Big a Problem is Scientific Fraud?
July 22, 2021 7:31 pm 34 CommentsToday the Daily Sceptic is publishing an original piece by Mike Hearn looking at fraud and other problems besetting scientific research. What he has to say about the prevalence of scientific fraud in China is hair-raising.
News Round-Up
July 22, 2021 12:22 am 89 CommentsA summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about the virus in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Poetry Corner
July 21, 2021 5:00 pm 15 CommentsWe're publishing a new poem on the Daily Sceptic by Peter Mills, which he describes as a "variant" of Stop All the Clocks by W.H. Auden.
Vaccines Not Protecting Over-60s in Scotland From Being Hospitalised with COVID-19
July 21, 2021 4:49 pm 70 CommentsA reader of the Daily Sceptic (an academic economist) has analysed the Scottish Covid data and reached a depressing conclusion: Covid vaccination seems to offer the over-60s little protection from severe illness.
News Round-Up
July 21, 2021 12:54 am 74 CommentsA summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about the virus in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.