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Why Won’t They Release the Data on Child Deaths Following Covid Vaccination?
The ONS admits it holds the data on child deaths following vaccination but has not revealed them publicly, so last week a parent asked Judge Jonathan Swift to direct the ONS to release the data. Her request was denied.
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Most Covid Patients Discharged from ICU Make a Good Recovery, Study Finds
An Italian study followed 56 patients who were admitted to the ICU for Covid. One year later, the vast majority reported good quality of life, indicating that most discharged patients make a good recovery.
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The Lesson from the Downing Street Parties Is: The Rules Were Wrong
The hypocrisy of the Downing Street parties certainly should be condemned. But the real lesson is that the rules were wrong – so obviously wrong that even the Government couldn't be bothered to follow them.
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The Demolition of the Principles of Good Clinical Practice
Individualising treatment, monitoring, safety, informed consent, and prescribing within the limitations of your knowledge – how well have these principles of sound clinical practice been applied in the pandemic?
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Times Article on the First Lockdown Omits One Very Important Point
An article in The Times claims Britain's death toll would have been much higher if we hadn't locked down. Yet it omits one very important point: infections were almost certainly falling when the first lockdown began.
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Finnish Epidemiologist: The IFR of the Omicron Variant is 0.04%, About Half That of Seasonal Flu
According to Mikko Paunio, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Helsinki and an advisor to the Finnish Government, the IFR of Omicron is 0.04%, half that of seasonal flu.
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Natural Immunity to One Variant Protects Against Severe Disease From Another
A recent study from Qatar shows that people who acquired natural immunity to the original Wuhan strain had excellent protection against severe disease from later variants, some of which were more virulent.
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Should the State Punish People for Their Health Choices?
Macron wants to "piss off" the unvaccinated because they place a burden on the health service. But obese people place a burden on the health service too. Will Macron's next policy be "pissing off" the obese?
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Most Democrats Wrongly Believe That Vaccines Provide More Protection Than Natural Immunity
We already know that people overestimate the risks of Covid. A new survey has found that a sizeable majority of Democrats wrongly believe the vaccines protect better against infection than natural immunity.
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Why Have the Scots Been So Compliant?
We're publishing a guest post on the Daily Sceptic by two Scottish academics asking why the Scots have proved so willing to comply with the Nicola Sturgeon's ludicrously over-the-top, draconian Covid restrictions.
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