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Cry Freedom: Britain has Weathered the Storm and Things are Now Almost Back to Normal – Unlike China
Britain has weathered the Covid storm reasonably well – unlike China. Things are nearly back to normal here, but judging from the Winter Olympics China has become a fully-fledged biosecurity state.
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Ofcom Replies to Complaint About Sky’s Collaboration With the Nudge Unit to Use Covert Psychological Techniques to Promote Climate Change Dogma
Ofcom has replied to the complaint about Sky's collaboration with the Nudge Unit to promote climate change propaganda. It has dismissed it on the grounds that Sky's 'Net Zero' gobbledegook is "scientifically established".
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Will the Meritocratic Elite’s Mishandling of the Pandemic Prove its Undoing?
Did my father anticipate the mismanagement of the pandemic by the meritocratic elite? Yes, according to Sohrab Ahmari, who has written a fascinating article about the arrogance and hubris of our meritocratic overlords.
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The Overwhelming Importance of Geography in Explaining Covid Mortality
Of the 15 countries with zero or negative excess mortality, no less than 14 are islands. After two years of lockdowns, it seems the best strategy for dealing with Covid is… be a small country with few land borders.
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Lab Leak Hypothesis, Once Dismissed as ‘Conspiracy Theory’, Now Believed by Downing Street
12 months ago, anyone claiming SARS-CoV-2 had escaped from a lab in Wuham was dismissed as a "racist" and "conspiracy theorist". Now, it's the accepted view of 10 Downing Street.
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French No 1 Tennis Player Blames Covid Booster For Withdrawal From Davis Cup
Grael Monfils, France's No 1 men's tennis player, has withdrawn from the Davis Cup due to an adverse reaction to the booster jab. Maybe Djoko's not such a loon after all!
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Omicron: The Phantom Covid Wave
Reported infections have hit record highs during the Omicron surge, and deaths are up too – but excess deaths are low or zero, making Omicron largely a phantom Covid wave. No wonder restrictions are being lifted.
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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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Scotland’s Vaccine Passports to End on Monday – But Mask Mandate to Continue For Yet Another Month
Scotland's vaccine passport scheme will end on Monday and the rest of the country's Covid restrictions, including the mandating of face masks, will end on March 21st, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
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Vaccinated People Despise Those Who Refuse to Get the Jab – But the Opposite is Not True, Study Reveals
People who have had a Covid vaccine hold negative views about people who have not, but the converse is not true, a major study has found.
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