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It All Went Wrong When the Government Switched to Trying to Minimise COVID-19 At All Costs
How can it be that the very people we were aiming to protect from COVID-19 became victims of our policies, swapping the risks of a respiratory infection for the realities of a miserable, isolated existence?
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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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New Zealand Axes Vaccine Passports and Mandates Claiming Herd Immunity
Vaccine passports for domestic purposes are being axed in New Zealand, with mandates being removed in almost all industries, but not health and social care. Baby steps from the Toothy Tyrant.
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What Climate Emergency? Temperatures Have Risen Much Higher and Faster in the Past
Abrupt changes in global temperatures are commonplace. Movements as high as 5-10°C have been recorded over periods of just a few years, and these compare with the 1.1°C warming in 150 years seen today.
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U.S. Navy Refuses to Deploy Warship With Unvaccinated Commanding Officer
An ongoing legal battle over whether the U.S. military can mandate Covid vaccines has left the navy with a warship it says it can’t deploy because it is commanded by an officer it cannot fire.
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Convergence in Excess Mortality in Western Europe
Pandemic death tolls in Western Europe have been converging over the last two years. This suggests that, regardless of which policies you impose, a certain number of Covid deaths are more-or-less unavoidable.
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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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Why Are the Vaccinated Much More Likely to Want America to Go to War With Russia?
According to a new poll, those vaccinated against Covid are also much more likely to support initiating war between Russia and the United States. What's the link?
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Why Free Speech Matters and the Arguments You Can Use to Defend it From Woke Authoritarians
Listen to Jacob Mchangama talk about free speech and what arguments you can use to defeat the woke authoritarians at the Free Speech Union's launch of his book Free Speech: A Global History From Socrates to Social Media.
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South Korea Crematoriums and Funeral Homes “Struggling to Cope” as Country Hits Record Deaths Despite 87% Double Vaccinated
The Omicron surge in South Korea has resulted in record deaths, reportedly leaving crematoriums and funeral homes struggling to cope, despite 87% of the country being double vaccinated and 63% triple vaccinated.
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