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20/9/21

Long Covid Is Even Less Common Than Previously Thought

In April, the ONS estimated that 12% of people who test positive end up getting long COVID. That estimate has now been revised down to 2.5%. And when it comes to children younger than 11, the figure is less than 1%.

17/9/21

Great Barrington Author Gets Mobbed by His Stanford Colleagues

Jay Bhattacharya has been denounced in a petition by his own colleagues. They claim that he "sows mistrust of policies designed to protect the public health" because he questioned the efficacy of community masking.

10/9/21

By Last Spring, “A Large Swath of the Government” Already Believed Lab Leak Theory, Says Reporter

After acquiring information about the WIV, Josh Rogin called around to get reactions from US officials. He discovered that “a large swath of the government already believed the virus had escaped from the WIV lab”.

9/9/21

Lesson from America, 1961

by Cephas Alain As interest has increased in the lab leak hypothesis for the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic it...

8/9/21

Recent Coverage of Lab Leak Theory Was Driven by Right-Wing Media

Many left-wing commentators are still reluctant to concede that COVID might have escaped from a lab in Wuhan. A new study confirms that recent coverage of the theory has been driven by right-wing media.

7/9/21

Evolutionary Insights on Lockdowns

Leading evolutionary scientists have expressed concern about the impact of lockdown on our exposure to novel pathogens. Proper cognitive development, they note, “requires adequate and diverse microbial exposure”.

6/9/21

Vaccinating Young People Is Unethical; Those Vaccines Should Go to Poor Countries

Even discounting side effects, it’s unethical to vaccinate 12–15 year olds when a such small share of the population in poor countries has been offered a vaccine. Britain should donate its leftover vaccines now.

3/9/21

The Bangladesh Mask Study Is a Missed Opportunity

A new RCT on mask efficacy was shared online recently. However, there's one big problem: it wasn't actually an RCT of mask-wearing, but rather of mask promotion campaigns. This makes interpreting the results difficult.

1/9/21

Justifications for Lockdown Have Implications That Most People Would Not Accept, Say Philosophers

There’s been very little debate about whether lockdowns are justified ethically. In a new paper, two philosophers argue that each of the main justifications for lockdown has implications most people would not accept.

18/8/21

The History of the Decline and Fall of Conservatism

by Dr. James Alexander The Covid crisis is of great political significance. It may in fact mark the end of...

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