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No Way of Knowing Whether Scotland’s Vaccine Passport Scheme Reduces Transmission, Says Deputy First Minister
The SNP Deputy First Minister has admitted that the Scottish Government has no evidence for whether its vaccine passport scheme reduces Covid transmission.
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Safetyism Kills
The FT reports that rich countries have given more *booster* doses than poor countries have given *total* doses. Why so few doses in poor countries? Rich countries wasted millions on young healthy people.
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Infection Rates More than Twice as High in the Vaccinated, New UKHSA Data Shows, as Agency Dismisses Own Data as ‘Biased’. But Why No New VE Estimate Since May?
This week's UKHSA report shows infection rates twice as high in the vaccinated versus the unvaccinated – but dismisses its own data as biased. Why, though, has the agency not updated its VE estimates since May?
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News Round-Up
A 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.
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Why Boris Has Gone Gaga For ‘Build Back Better’
Boris Johnson's 'Net Zero' agenda stems from a desire to cosy up to the Biden White House, rather than any genuine concern for the environment.
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‘Covid Gene’ Found in 60% of South Asians Doubles risk of Death From COVID-19
Oxford scientists have found a gene – LZTFL1 – that's present in 60% of South Asians and allows the virus to multiply in the lungs more easily. By contrast, only 15% of Europeans and 2% of black Africans have the gene.
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More Than Half of Unvaccinated Americans Declare That Nothing Will Change Their Mind
In a poll conducted in the spring, more than half of unvaccinated Americans said that nothing can convince them to receive the jab.
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Biden Vaccine Mandate Will Fine Businesses $14,000 for Each Unvaccinated Employee
From January 4th, U.S. businesses will be fined $14,000 for each unvaccinated employee under President Biden's new vaccine mandate.
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Angela Merkel Calls for the Unvaccinated to Be Banned from Public Places
The outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for tough restrictions to be imposed on the unvaccinated population.
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Are Vaccines Driving Excess Deaths in Scotland, a Professor of Biology Asks
Retired Professor of Biology Richard Ennos has written to the Scottish Government expressing his concern at the high level of excess deaths this summer and raising the potential role of the vaccines in driving it.
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