Self-Isolation Cut By One Day
January 13, 2022 2:16 pm 77 CommentsSelf-isolation is to be cut to five days in England, as Ministers start to relax Covid rules at the glacial pace we've all become accustomed to these past two years.
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France Lifts Ban on U.K. Tourists – But Only the Vaccinated, Despite Them Having the Vast Majority of Infections
January 13, 2022 1:00 pm 101 CommentsFrance has said it will lift its ban on UK tourists tomorrow after pleas from the tourism industry – but only for the vaccinated, despite current infections being overwhelmingly in vaccinated people.
The Betrayal of Public Health During The Covid Pandemic
January 13, 2022 12:08 pm 75 CommentsDr Alan Mordue, a retired Consultant in Public Health Medicine, writes for the Daily Sceptic of his alarm that important principles of public health have been jettisoned in the pandemic.
Van-Tam Quits
January 13, 2022 9:40 am 186 CommentsJonathan Van-Tam is leaving his post as Deputy Chief Medical Officer. The Government senior adviser, who has become a household name, will leave his post at the end of March. Rats and sinking ships spring to mind.
News Round-Up
January 13, 2022 12:50 am 60 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.
Pre-School Tyranny
January 12, 2022 5:04 pm 98 Comments"My son and I were welcomed to the first day of term with a screaming child pinned to the floor by a parent jamming a swab down their nose." A concerned parent on how small children have suffered under Covid rules.
Why Does Natural Immunity Not Exist For the QCovid Risk Calculator?
January 12, 2022 3:55 pm 63 CommentsWhy have the risk estimates produced by the QCovid risk calculator changed recently, and why don't they take into account the protection provided by previous infection?
Boris Acknowledges Public “Rage” as He Apologises For Attending No. 10 Party, Saying He Believed it Was a Work Event
January 12, 2022 1:31 pm 252 CommentsBoris Johnson has apologised for attending a social gathering at No 10 during the U.K.'s first lockdown, saying he believed implicitly it was a work event. Will it be enough to save him?
Treat Covid Like the Common Cold, Says the Wellcome Trust – As Leading Israeli Immunologist Blasts Lockdown Consensus: “It’s Time to Admit Failure”
January 12, 2022 8:00 am 168 CommentsThe Wellcome Trust has called for coronavirus to be “treated like the common cold”, as Israeli Prof Ehud Qimron slams the lockdown consensus as a failure based on myths and lies.
Fact-Checking the BBC’s ‘Fact Check’ of The Doctor Who Challenged the Health Secretary on Vaccine Mandate
January 12, 2022 7:00 am 110 CommentsThe BBC has published another of its 'reality checks', this time targeting Dr Steve James, who challenged Sajid Javid on the science behind the vaccine mandate. But it needs a fact check of its own.