Is Boris a Lockdown Sceptic?
May 26, 2021 1:27 am 138 CommentsJudging from the bombs Dominic Cummings is going to drop – and which he's leaked to the Daily Mail – Boris is a 64 carat lockdown sceptic. If only he'd stuck to his guns.
Author Archives for Toby Young
Why Social Media Companies Were Wrong to Muzzle Lab Leak Theorists
May 25, 2021 7:53 pm 28 CommentsI've written a piece for Mail+ today on why it was wrong for YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to remove content defending the lab leak theory and label it 'misinformation', given that it's now entered the mainstream.
Britain’s Covid Epidemic Will be Over if Vaccines Work Against Indian Variant
May 24, 2021 11:56 am 62 CommentsThe coronavirus crisis will be over in the U.K. shortly if the current vaccines work against the Indian variant, one of the country's top scientists said on the Today programme.
The Vaccine Passport Update to the NHS App Has Created a Honeypot For Hackers
May 23, 2021 11:36 pm 16 CommentsWe're publishing a guest post by the Lockdown Sceptics' technology correspondent about last week's vaccine passport update to the NHS App which, according to this industry insider, has created a honeypot for hackers.
If the Lab Leak Theory Turns Out to be True, Will China be Held to Account?
May 23, 2021 6:47 pm 128 CommentsPlease read this essay by a best-selling, prize-winning novelist about the price we'd be willing to pay if the lab leak theory turns out to be true. Will we let China off the hook? Or will there be a reckoning?
Stop Worrying About Fat Shaming. We Need to Talk About Obesity
May 22, 2021 6:09 pm 243 CommentsWe have published an update to our recent piece about the link between obesity and serious illness from COVID-19. Turns out, a lower percentage of obese patients in critical care die than of non-obese patients.
How Did a Disease With no Symptoms Take Over the World?
May 22, 2021 1:21 pm 41 CommentsHow did managing an 'asymptomatic disease' become the focus of Government policy when, according to a senior research scientist, the concept makes so little sense?
Fright Night
May 17, 2021 11:04 am 28 CommentsToday we're publishing an excerpt from Laura Dodsworth's new book, A State of Fear: how the UK government weaponised fear during the COVID-19 pandemic. In it, Laura asks: Why was Boris's March 23rd 20202 speech so odd?
Boris Holds His Nerve
May 16, 2021 10:53 pm 112 CommentsIn spite of a last-minute lobbying campaign by various SAGE panjandrums to postpone step three of the Prime Minister's roadmap, most parts of the U.K. will be easing restrictions on Monday. Praise the Lord.
The Data Suggest We Achieved Herd Immunity Before the Vaccines Were Rolled Out
May 16, 2021 9:13 pm 37 CommentsWe're publishing an original piece of data analysis today by a leading British scientists. He believes the data show that the population had surpassed the herd immunity threshold in December, before the vaccine roll-out.