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Novak Djokovic Tells Reporters to Back Off on Asking about Vaccination Status: “It’s a Private Matter”
Novak Djokovic is standing his ground on not revealing his Covid vaccination status, telling reporters they are wrong to "take the liberty" to ask such invasive questions and judge those who give the 'wrong' answer.
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Boris Holds His Nerve – For Now
Boris Johnson said today that there is "absolutely nothing to indicate" there will be another lockdown this winter, in spite of mounting pressure from NHS bigwigs and trade union barons.
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Travel Firms Charging up to £150 for ‘Cheaper’ Lateral Flow Tests
The replacement of PCR travel testing with lateral flow tests is supposed to make overseas travel cheaper, but some firms are charging up to £150 for LFTs and a significant number are charging £50 or more.
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Viral Tweet Opposing ‘Herd Immunity’ Gets Pretty Much Everything Wrong
A recent viral tweet claims the Government would not have pursued "herd immunity" if the virus targetted "Etonians and bankers rather than working class and poorer people". But it gets pretty much everything wrong.
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Government Considering Cutting Covid Vaccine Booster Wait to Five Months
The Government is considering cutting the waiting time for a third Covid vaccine dose, despite the fact that more people are already becoming eligible each week for their booster than are actually being 'jabbed'.
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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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A Surgeon Writes…
An NHS surgeon who's contributed to the Daily Sceptic before has sent us an email offering us his perspective on the current NHS 'crisis'. One thing's for sure: it's not caused by a rising number of Covid patients.
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Government Officials Continue to Tell Half the Story on Covid Statistics
The U.K. Statistics Authority says of official misrepresentation of data that "we’ve intervened more during the pandemic and made more comments than in the years before”. So why are the same mistakes made over and over?
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Psychology Student Looking For Non-Mask Wearers to Interview For Dissertation
A student at the University of Highlands and Islands is looking for mask refuseniks to participate in a research survey for his dissertation in psychology. Click here to find the link and complete the survey.
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The Threat of Lockdown “Hangs Like a Sword of Damocles”, Writes Laura Dodsworth
Laura Dodsworth has written a good piece in which she argues that the threat of lockdown "hangs like a Sword of Damocles", 'nudging' us into courses of action we wouldn't otherwise take.
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