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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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Refuse to Get ‘Jabbed’? Pay $200 Health Insurance Surcharge Each Month, Delta Air Lines Tells Staff
Days after Joe Biden urged firms to "require your employees to get vaccinated or face strict requirements", Delta Air Lines has told its 'unjabbed' staff they will be charged a $200 monthly health insurance surcharge.
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Government Plans to Vaccinate 12 Year-Olds
The NHS has drawn up plans to start vaccinating 12-year-olds from the first week schools go back in spite of the fact that 12 year-olds have more chance of being struck by lightning than dying of Covid.
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When Will Neil Ferguson Admit He Got it Wrong?
We're publishing a critique in the Daily Sceptic of the new paper in Nature by Neil Ferguson et al making the laughable claim that a lockdown in Sweden would have resulted in a two- to four-fold reduction in mortality.
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Research on the Covid Origins Has Stalled, Scientists Warn
Studying the origins of Covid could soon become "biologically impossible", scientists have warned. Yet at this crucial moment, it appears as though research efforts have stalled.
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More Than Half a Million Young Adults Started Smoking to Help Cope With Stressful First Lockdown
More than 600,000 young adults picked up smoking during the first lockdown to help cope with the stress and boredom caused by restrictions, according to a new study that also found an increase in problem drinking.
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Postcard From Poland
We're publishing a new 'Postcard' on the Daily Sceptic today, this one by a man who's just returned from Poland with his wife and two kids. The archive of dispatches from readers all over the world is a great resource.
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A Care Home Official Asks: “How Can I in All Conscience Sack Someone Who Has Done Nothing Wrong?”
Some care home officials are in despair at the fact that unvaccinated carers must be booted out of their jobs later this year. "How can I in all conscience sack someone who has done nothing wrong," asks one.
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Where’s Cromwell When You Need Him? Australia’s Leaders Need to be Told: “In the Name of God, Go!”
We're publishing another of Steve Waterson's peerless rants in the Daily Sceptic today. Waterman is the Commercial Editor of the Australian and one of the country's finest columnists. This one's a humdinger.
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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.
Read more