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British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Heathrow Scrap Mask Mandates

British holidaymakers will not be required to wear masks on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic flights following the Government's announcement that all Covid travel measures will end on Friday.

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School Closures Had No Effect On Transmission in Japan

Studies show that the benefits of closing schools are marginal at best. But the costs are very real. It’s no wonder that even erstwhile members of Independent SAGE are admitting they get this one wrong.

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Neither ‘Noble Lie’ Nor ‘New Evidence’ Can Justify Chris Whitty’s Mask U-Turn

What we require is a clear acknowledgement that, with masks. our political leaders inflicted an intervention on the British people that was unethical, ineffective and harmful, and their commitment never to do so again.

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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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All U.K. Covid Travel Restrictions to be Scrapped This Week

All UK Covid restrictions on foreign travel, including passenger locator forms and tests for the unvaccinated, are to be scrapped in time for families planning to go abroad for the Easter holidays.

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U.K. Government Admits Natural Immunity is Stronger Than Vaccine Immunity

A reader sent us the letter he received recently from the ONS, in which it states that "having had a COVID-19 infection before usually gives a stronger immune response than vaccination".

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New Spanish Study Finds That Masking in Schools Does Nothing

Before ‘The Science’ flipped in the spring of 2020, the consensus among Western epidemiologists was that community masking doesn’t work. A new Spanish study strongly supports the pre-Covid conventional wisdom.

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Rise in Covid Infections Was Expected After Restrictions Ended in England, Sajid Javid says – Yet Infections Were Rising Already, and Also Surged in Scotland

A surge in infections was always to be "expected" following the end of restrictions in England, Sajid Javid has said. Yet infections were rising already, and rose faster in Scotland where restrictions remain.

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So Farewell Then Roger Harrabin – May We Never See Your Like Again

The BBC’s long-serving Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin is due to retire in June. What must his thoughts be as he contemplates the possible destruction of his cherished Net Zero fantasy?

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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