Quarter of Covid Deaths Not Caused by Virus
April 13, 2021 11:09 pm 37 CommentsAlmost a quarter of registered Covid deaths are people dying 'with' Covid rather than 'from' it, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Mick Jagger Comes Out as a Lockdown Sceptic
April 13, 2021 6:05 pm 39 CommentsA number of famous musicians have nailed their colours to the good ship lockdown sceptics in the past 12 months, but none quite as illustrious as the latest addition to our ranks: Sir Mick Jagger.
Cold Weather Takes Shine Off Reopening
April 13, 2021 12:16 pm 18 CommentsAccording to a retail analyst Springboard, shopping activity didn't return to pre-pandemic levels yesterday thanks to the cold weather. Meanwhile, only two in five pubs opened in England due to the lack of suitable outside space.
As Vaccine Passports Are Rolled Out Across the World, What Price Freedom?
April 11, 2021 10:50 pm 81 CommentsLockdown Sceptics has published an original piece by our in-house technology correspondent about the roll out of vaccine passports around the world and the dire consequences for personal freedom.
Britain Sees Fastest Decline in Covid Cases in the World
April 11, 2021 4:44 pm 16 CommentsThe Spectator has added a new table to its data hub showing the current level of Covid infection in different countries around the world relative to the peak. Britain has seen the sharpest decline in the developed world.
The Paralysis of Caution
April 10, 2021 9:01 pm 29 CommentsWe're publishing a new essay by Guy de la Bédoyère about the cautiousness that is preventing the Government from being more bold. Guy traces it to the cautiousness of the modelling teams.
An Election Address by Boris Johns-On
April 10, 2021 1:01 pm 51 CommentsA Lockdown Sceptics’ reader imagines a letter he might get from Boris in the run up to May 6th listing his "achievements", i.e. transforming our vibrant democracy into a 'safety first' dictatorship.
European Court of Human Rights Says Kids Have No Right Not to be Vaccinated
April 9, 2021 10:19 pm 19 CommentsFollowing yesterday's news about the pro-vaccination ruling in the European Court of Human Rights, we asked David McGrogan, Associate Professor of Law at Northumbria Law School, to take a look at the judgment for us.
Number of Infectious People Asymptomatic: Not 1 in 3, but 1 in 19
April 9, 2021 6:14 pm 19 CommentsNorman Fenton, Martin Neil and Scott Mclachlan, computer scientists at Queen Mary, have done an analysis of how many asymptomatic people there are with COVID-19. Their conclusion: not one in three, but one in 19.
How Much Loss of Life Was Due to COVID-19 in 2020 Compared to Other Diseases?
April 8, 2021 5:44 pm 23 CommentsWe're publishing an original piece today by an engineer in which he has tried to calculate the total loss of life due to Covid in 2020 in England and Wales and compared it to the impact of other diseases.