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The Lancet Changes Mind on Lab Leak Theory – Calls for “Objective, Open and Transparent Debate”
The Lancet has published an article calling for an "objective, open and transparent debate" on Covid's origins – a whole 19 months after its pages "strongly condemned" the lab leak theory as a "conspiracy".
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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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Woke Power Grab in the C of E Reflects Corporate Obsession With ‘Diversity’
The C of E has unveiled proposals to replace democratic governance with a committee that ensures its boards are sufficiently 'diverse'. This is reflective of disturbing illiberal trends in the corporate world.
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Covid Vaccines for Children Would Not Be Approved before Full Investigation in Normal Times, Says Government Advisor
Covid vaccines would not be recommended for healthy children in normal times, says Government advisor Professor Adam Finn – not until the risks were fully understood.
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‘Traffic Light’ System Is Gone, but PCR Tests Will Remain for Now
Brits returning from abroad will still be forced to take expensive PCR tests (even if they've been fully vaccinated) until at least the end of October, despite the scrapping of the 'traffic light' travel system.
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A Doctor Writes: The NHS Is Concealing Important Information from the Public
The Daily Sceptic's in-house doctor writes that "NHS managers at the highest level have repeatedly been caught out concealing important information or distorting published data".
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U.S. FDA Recommends Against Booster Vaccines for Under-65s
Members of an FDA scientific advisory committee have voted 16-2 against recommending booster Covid vaccine doses for all Americans (bar healthcare workers and the vulnerable) below the age of 65.
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New PHE Data Shows Vaccine Effectiveness Against Delta Down to Just 7.6% in the Over-50s, 24% in the Under-50s, as the Vaccinated Continue to Experience Higher Infection Rate
Data from the latest PHE Technical Briefing shows vaccine effectiveness against Delta down to just 7.6% in the over-50s and 24% in the under-50s. VE against death continues to hold up, though has dropped a little.
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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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The Government’s Latest Scary Modelling is Already Wrong
Maths graduate Graham Williams has taken a close look at SPI-M's latest scary modelling and found the usual clutch of dubious assumptions and some predictions that have failed within the week.
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