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U.K. Vaccine Passport Allows for Self-Declared Exemption
Vaccine passports may be on the way out, with the Government's own scientists this week pointing out that the vaccines don't prevent transmission. In the meantime, it's worth reading the small print on exemptions.
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More Than Four in Five U.K. City Workers Have Not Returned to the Office
Fewer than one in five workers in U.K. cities have returned to the office, new figures show. The Government is said to be disappointed by this news but it hasn't exactly led by example.
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Is It Better to Get a Given Amount of Covid Over With More Quickly?
In a recent blog post, the economist Tyler Cowen observes that "it is better to get a given amount of Covid over with more quickly ... subject to the constraint that you do not overwhelm your hospital system".
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CDC Study Claiming Unvaccinated Have More Than Double the Risk of Re-infection is Full of Holes
The CDC in America has published a new study claiming to show that, among the previously infected, the unvaccinated are at more than double the risk of re-infection than the vaccinated. But it has many problems.
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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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Public Health Scotland Admits That the Majority of People Hospitalised and Testing Positive for Covid Are Vaccinated
New data from PHS shows that unvaccinated people now form a minority of infections and hospitalisations. The latest estimate of vaccine mortality reduction is 67%.
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Cap Cost of Covid Tests at £40, Government Told by Tory MPs
The costs of PCR tests, which are undoubtedly pricing many Brits out of holidays abroad, should be capped at £40 and scrapped altogether for those travelling from 'low risk' countries, Tory MPs have told the Government.
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The Heresy of Heresies
We're publishing a guest piece on the Daily Sceptic by Charlotte Niemiec. In an impressive tour de horizon, she highlights the Government's endless stream of contradictory and nonsensical advice, from face masks on down.
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More Than a Million People Waiting at Least Six Months for Vital NHS Services in England Alone
Almost 1.2 million people in England alone are being forced to wait for at least six months to access vital NHS services – nearly five times the number recorded in 2019. And matters will get worse before they get better.
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Is This a Dystopian Satire? No, it’s Daily Life Down Under
Steve Waterson, the Commercial Editor of the Australian, has kindly given the Daily Sceptic permission to reprint his latest column. It's another jeremiad against Australia's staggeringly incompetent ruling class.
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