Polio may be spreading in the U.K. for the first time in nearly 40 years after mutating from a live vaccine, health chiefs warned today as they declared a "national incident".
Instinctively, it feels as though 'experts' must be peddling untruths knowingly, out of a misguided sense of paternalistic responsibility. But more troubling is the possibility they have bought into their own fictions.
A new paper by BMJ Editor Dr Peter Doshi has analysed data from the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccine trials and found that the vaccines are more likely to put you in hospital than keep you out.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
A new study on cheap, repurposed Covid treatment ivermectin has concluded that its findings "do not support the use of ivermectin" to treat COVID-19. However, this conclusion is at odds with its findings.
An international report by the WHO found two years of restrictions have led to "significant mental health consequences", especially for young people, with mental disorders up more than a quarter since 2019.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Full Fact has been lobbying MPs to include "health misinformation" in the Online Safety Bill, forcing websites to censor content declared misinformation by sites like itself. But such sites are far from infallible.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
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