News Round-Up
May 6, 2022 1:46 am 83 CommentsA 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.
South Africa has ramped up its restrictions again in response to the recent reported rise in infections associated with new subvariants Omicron BA.4 and BA.5. But is the 'wave' already running out of steam?
The number of serious adverse effects from Covid vaccination is 40 times higher than currently recorded by the German Government, a scientist leading a study into the vaccines has said.
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.
As a gym owner has a £10,000 lockdown fine dropped, a leading lawyer says hundreds of restaurants and gyms could see their fixed penalties revoked in the courts.
The lead author of a Lancet pre-print examining all-cause mortality in the Covid vaccine trials has said that her work shows a "danger signal" of heart deaths for the mRNA vaccines but the "powers" don't want to know.
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.
Latest hospital data show a fall in Covid admissions for the 22nd day in a row. However, news of a rise in hospital admissions in South Africa linked to new variants has raised questions of what might come next.
Healthcare settings – a sphere of society where one might expect a reliance upon evidence-based practice – is now the outlier in persisting with the unscientific and damaging mass-masking phenomenon.
Authorities should "comprehensively" investigate a spike in deaths in Cyprus during 2021 that is not explained by COVID-19 but occurred concurrently with the vaccination campaign, a study has concluded.
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