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How Has One of the U.K.’s Biggest Covid Testing Labs – Exposed by Panorama as Ignoring Protocols Designed to Prevent Cross-Contamination – Been Given a Clean Bill of Health?
We're publishing an original piece on the Daily Sceptic today by investigative journalist Jacinta Taylor about the aftermath of the Panorama investigation into biosecurity lapses at the Lighthouse lab in Milton Keynes.
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‘No Jab, No Job’ Policy Could Force Some Care Homes to Close, Warns Union
The Government risks forcing some care homes to close by insisting that unvaccinated staff must be sacked, warns Unison in a plea to ministers to drop its plans. "Bullying people can never be the right approach."
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Government Set to Require Vaccine Passport Checks at Football Matches, Concerts and Conferences
The definition of 'large venue' continues to widen under the Government's plans to introduce vaccine passports, with unvaccinated Brits set to be barred from football matches, concerts and business conferences.
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Covid Propaganda: Understanding the Communication of Fear
The Government has shifted the public's behaviour by copying the wartime propaganda strategy from WWII when dealing with Covid, argues Dr. Colin Alexander in an upcoming talk that will look at the communication of fear.
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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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Rotherham School Defying Government With Strict Covid Rules
A school in Rotherham is continuing to prevent its students from enjoying normal school life, saying that mask-wearing out of the classroom and a ban on year groups mixing must carry on into the future.
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PHE Data Update: Vaccine Effectiveness Just 15% in Over-50s, 27% in Under-50s. Deaths Cut by 74% in Over-50s, But Just 20% in Under-50s
The latest data from PHE shows vaccine effectiveness against Delta infection is just 15% in the over 50s. Protection against death is holding up, though seemingly not in the under-50s.
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JCVI Recommends Against Jabs For Teens
We've added a Stop Press to our story about the JCVI's announcement. A source within the vaccination programme informs us the Government intends to plough on with vaccinating healthy teens regardless.
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Why Do British Passport Holders Have to Take a PCR Test as a Condition of Entry to the U.K. But Not Illegal Migrants?
A member of the House of Lords has emailed the Daily Sceptic, pointing out that British passport-holders returning to the U.K. must take a PCR test, but not illegal migrants.
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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.
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