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Why Has There Been a Rise in Non-Covid-Related Heart Attacks Since the Vaccine Roll-Out?
Is there a relationship between the roll out of Covid vaccines and the increase in non-Covid-related heart attacks? An economist investigates for the Daily Sceptic.
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Durham Offers Incoming Students £5,000 to Defer
Durham University sent out emails to those students who've accepted places this year, offering them £5,000 to defer until 2022/23 due to courses being over-subscribed. For once, a screw-up that students will benefit from.
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Government Presses on With Vaccine Passport Plans
The Govt has decided to press on with plans to introduce vaccine passports for large indoor venues in spite of the now overwhelming evidence that being double jabbed doesn't prevent you catching COVID-19 or passing it on.
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Almost a Quarter of a Million Children Prescribed Antidepressants in 2020
Record numbers of antidepressants are being prescribed to young children, with almost 250,000 prescribed to children aged between five and 16 in 2020 – the year of lockdowns – alone.
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Militant Leader of Teaching Union Warns of Further Disruption to Children’s Education
Mary Bousted, the hard left General Secretary of the National Education Union, has warned that inadequate safety procedures in schools ahead of reopening will inevitably mean major disruption in the weeks ahead.
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Why it’s a Mistake to Ask Academics For Advice on How to Manage the Pandemic
We're publishing an original piece today by regular contributor Dr Sinéad Murphy, an Associate Researcher in Philosophy at Newcastle Uni, about why it's a mistake to ask academics for advice about managing the pandemic.
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Test and Trace Call Centre Staff Are Being Laid off Because There Aren’t Enough ‘Cases’ to Keep Them Busy
Test and Trace call centre staff are being laid off because there aren't enough 'cases' to keep them busy, with some being sacked just weeks after they were hired, according to reports.
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Can Lack of Obesity Explain Low COVID-19 Death Rates in East Asia?
Why have COVID death rates been so low in East Asia? One factor that's often mentioned is lack of obesity. But this can’t explain more than a small part of the difference between East Asia and the rest of the world.
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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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Gavin Williamson Refuses to Rule Out More School Closures
We should not get "carried away with our new freedoms", says Education Secretary Gavin Williams who has refused to rule out more school closures later this year if there is another wave of Covid 'cases'.
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