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10/9/21

Pfizer Preparing to Seek Approval for Its Covid Vaccine in 5-11 Year-Olds

As debates on the vaccination of children against Covid heighten, Pfizer is preparing to seek approval for its vaccine in 5-11 year olds from medicines agencies in the U.S. and across Europe.

10/9/21

Children Should Be Vaccinated to Benefit Their Mental Health, Chris Whitty to Say

Chris Whitty is expected to say that children aged 12 and over should be vaccinated to benefit their mental health and social development, after spending months supporting policies damaging to both these and much more.

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”.

10/9/21

The Bots That Are Not

Twitter bots have been blamed by liberals for every election result they don't like, from Trump's victory to Brexit. Yet according to a former Google software engineer, it's all wishful thinking.

10/9/21

Teenage Boys Six Times More Likely to Suffer Heart Problems from Vaccine Than to Be Hospitalised from Covid, According to New Study

Ministers seem keen to ignore the JCVI's advice and roll-out vaccines to children, but a new study shows that teenage boys are far more likely to suffer heart problems from the vaccine than to be hospitalised from Covid.

10/9/21

Vaccines Have NEGATIVE Effectiveness in the Over-40s, as Low as MINUS 38%, Shows New PHE Report

The latest vaccine surveillance report from PHE includes a breakdown by age and vaccination status for the first time. The results are fascinating.

9/9/21

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.

9/9/21

In the War Between Authoritarian Public Health and Science, Science Lost

There's a terrific piece in the Tablet by John Ioannidis, Professor of Medicine at Stanford, about what has gone wrong in the scientific community in the past 18 months. Why did scepticism lose out to authoritarianism?

9/9/21

President Eisenhower Saw it All Coming

We're publishing an original essay on the Daily Sceptic by a retired lawyer about President Eisenhower's prescient Presidential Address 60 years ago when he warned about the subversion of democracy by commercial interests.

9/9/21

Rumours That the Government Is Having Second Thoughts About Its Vaccine Passport Plans

Ministers are said to be having second thoughts about vaccine passports, especially following firm criticism of their plans from Tory MPs. Perhaps the rhetoric was always empty, intended only to increase vaccine uptake.

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