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13/1/22

Times Article on the First Lockdown Omits One Very Important Point

An article in The Times claims Britain's death toll would have been much higher if we hadn't locked down. Yet it omits one very important point: infections were almost certainly falling when the first lockdown began.

13/1/22

Google Cancels Ex-NASA Scientist Dr. Roy Spencer Because His Satellite Temperature Data Reports Aren’t Hot Enough

One of the leading collators of satellite temperature data, Dr Roy Spencer, has been kicked off Google Adsense for publishing “unreliable and harmful claims” – demonetising his widely consulted monthly update page.

13/1/22

Finnish Epidemiologist: The IFR of the Omicron Variant is 0.04%, About Half That of Seasonal Flu

According to Mikko Paunio, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Helsinki and an advisor to the Finnish Government, the IFR of Omicron is 0.04%, half that of seasonal flu.

13/1/22

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.

12/1/22

Pre-School Tyranny

"My son and I were welcomed to the first day of term with a screaming child pinned to the floor by a parent jamming a swab down their nose." A concerned parent on how small children have suffered under Covid rules.

12/1/22

Why Does Natural Immunity Not Exist For the QCovid Risk Calculator?

Why have the risk estimates produced by the QCovid risk calculator changed recently, and why don't they take into account the protection provided by previous infection?

12/1/22

Boris Acknowledges Public “Rage” as He Apologises For Attending No. 10 Party, Saying He Believed it Was a Work Event

Boris Johnson has apologised for attending a social gathering at No 10 during the U.K.'s first lockdown, saying he believed implicitly it was a work event. Will it be enough to save him?

12/1/22

Treat Covid Like the Common Cold, Says the Wellcome Trust – As Leading Israeli Immunologist Blasts Lockdown Consensus: “It’s Time to Admit Failure”

The Wellcome Trust has called for coronavirus to be “treated like the common cold”, as Israeli Prof Ehud Qimron slams the lockdown consensus as a failure based on myths and lies.

12/1/22

Fact-Checking the BBC’s ‘Fact Check’ of The Doctor Who Challenged the Health Secretary on Vaccine Mandate

The BBC has published another of its 'reality checks', this time targeting Dr Steve James, who challenged Sajid Javid on the science behind the vaccine mandate. But it needs a fact check of its own.

12/1/22

News Round-Up

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