No Need for New Restrictions, Says Government Minister
January 2, 2022 6:14 pm 138 CommentsCurrent Covid data does not indicate a need for new restrictions, Cabinet minister Steve Barclay has said.
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U.K. Temperatures Defy the Doomsday Climate Models and Fail to Rise for 10 Years, Met Office Data Shows
January 2, 2022 5:24 pm 92 CommentsTemperatures across the U.K. have barely moved for over a decade compared to the latest 30-year average, according to data from the Met Office.
“Lockdowns Aren’t a Public Health Policy. They Signify a Failure of Public Health Policy,” Says Leading Epidemiologist
January 2, 2022 11:28 am 217 CommentsProfessor Mark Woolhouse, an expert on infectious diseases at Edinburgh University, has a new book out in which he blasts lockdowns as morally wrong and highly damaging.
Government Forces Schoolchildren to Wear Masks in Classrooms Again Despite Studies Showing No Benefit
January 2, 2022 7:00 am 124 CommentsMasks are back for schoolchildren in Year 7 and above, who from the start of term will be required to wear them throughout the day including in classrooms. But where is the evidence they work?
News Round-Up
January 2, 2022 12:56 am 38 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.
Infections Are Already Declining in London, Data Suggests
January 1, 2022 9:59 pm 45 CommentsNew daily infections are falling in London, data suggests. The ZOE app shows infections falling in the capital since December 27th, a trend that appears to be confirmed by the latest Government reported infection data.
A Third of ‘Covid’ Hospital Patients Are in Hospital For a Different Reason
January 1, 2022 4:16 pm 79 CommentsData published on Friday shows that the proportion of 'Covid' hospital patients in England who are in hospital for a different reason and only test positive for Covid incidentally has increased to 33%.
The Lessons SAGE Needs to Learn from Sweden’s Anders Tegnell
January 1, 2022 7:00 am 73 CommentsUnlike SAGE's Prof Graham Medley, Sweden's Dr Anders Tegnell provides his Government with scenarios other than the worst case.
Major Oxford Study into Vaccine Side-Effects Finds Myocarditis Risk in Younger Males Up to 14 Times Higher After Vaccination Than After Infection
December 31, 2021 7:00 am 101 CommentsA major study from the University of Oxford into risks of myocarditis following Covid vaccination has found the risk in males under 40 to be significantly higher than the risk of the condition following Covid infection.
U.S. Government Drops Requirement to Test at End of Self-Isolation Because PCR Tests Produce So Many False Positives
December 30, 2021 10:00 am 27 CommentsThe U.S. CDC has finally acknowledged that PCR tests produce false positives following infection and dropped the requirement to be tested at the end of self-isolation.