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An interview with David Paton
Professor David Paton has written extensively on the pandemic. We asked him about the myth of our late lockdown, whether vaccine passports make any sense at all, and what Boris Johnson should have done last year.
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Lionel Shriver Hails Daily Sceptic as Vital Lifeline
Lionel Shriver has praised the work of the Daily Sceptic, and has admitted to being a keen fan of our daily newsletter. She has also given her thanks to other anti-lockdown individuals and groups.
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There’s No Hint of a Negative Association Between Stringency Index and Excess Mortality in Europe
There's no hint of a negative association between stringency index and excess mortality in Europe. The length and stringency of countries' lockdowns is unrelated to the number of excess deaths they've had.
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Changing Attitudes to Lockdown in Left-Wing Media
At the start of 2020, the Guardian and New York Times ran articles describing China's lockdown as "terrifying" and "without precedent". Fast forward to March, and both papers were calling for national lockdowns.
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The Politicisation of Science Funding in the U.S.
A new study tracks the frequency of woke jargon like 'diversity' and 'inclusion' in scientific research proposals. It finds that usage of these terms has increased massively, including in the physical sciences.
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Has Vaccine Effectiveness Against Death Been Overestimated?
A recent CDC study found that non-Covid death rates were higher among the unvaccinated, indicating that people who get vaccinated are less likely to die for any reason. This could be bad news for vaccine effectiveness.
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French Study Suggests That Long Covid is Mostly Psychosomatic
In a recent study, respondents were asked about 18 different symptoms. With the exception of anosmia, believing that one had had Covid was associated with reporting symptoms, but actually having had Covid was not.
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Dutch Cost-Benefit Analysis Done During Lockdown Concluded, “The Costs Are Disproportionately High”
Documents obtained via an FOI request show that, in March/April of 2020, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs did a cost-benefit analysis of lockdown. It concluded that the costs far outweighed the benefits.
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Neil Ferguson Makes the Case for Focused Protection
In an interview last week, Neil Ferguson said that Britain's high infection rate had had the "upside of boosting population immunity". Whether he realised it or not, Ferguson was making the case for focused protection.
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What’s Wrong With ‘Woke’?
Until recently, many people openly identified as 'woke'. One suspects the reason that activists like AOC want to get rid of the term is that it’s much harder to fight something if you don’t have a name for it.
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