Chinese officials want to bring in lockdowns to combat the flu, as the Washington Post argues that U.S. Covid restrictions likely saved "an incalculable number of lives".
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The British people, along with the populations of many US states, have henceforth to live with the fact that liberties we call ‘inalienable’ can be cancelled at a moment’s notice for years on end, writes Lionel Shriver.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has written to President Biden to ask him to end the "absurd" ban on tennis number one Novak Djokovic from entering the United States to play at the Miami Open due to his vaccination status.
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the virus and the vaccines, the ‘climate emergency’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
COVID-19 was not dangerous enough to justify cutting short vaccine trials as the vaccine had to be "very safe", Chris Whitty advised the Government in the early weeks of the outbreak, it has emerged.
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the virus and the vaccines, the ‘climate emergency’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are whether Matt Hancock or Simon Case is more loathsome, whether Chris Rock is funnier than Dave Chapelle and the right way to eradicate trans ideology.
A new BBC Panorama episode from Marianna Spring blames Elon Musk for a tripling in abusive messages on Twitter. But there are clearly other reasons that might explain the data besides the influence of Mr Musk.
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the virus and the vaccines, the ‘climate emergency’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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