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Vaccinated Doctors Among 1.2 MILLION to Sign Petition to French National Assembly Protesting Vaccine Passports as Major Attack on Rule of Law
A petition signed by more than 1.2 million people, including doctors, nurses and vaccinated citizens, protesting against vaccine passports has been delivered to the National Assembly in France.
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Imperial Finally Acknowledges Pre-Existing Immunity to COVID-19. What Took It So Long?
T-cells from common cold coronaviruses can provide protection against COVID-19, an Imperial College London study has found. But why has it taken 16 months for it to be published?
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Pressure on Health Service is “Abating”, Says Michael Gove, As He Refuses to Rule Out End of Free Lateral Flow Tests
In what may be a sign of things to come, arch-lockdown fanatic Michael Gove has begun to pivot, contradicting Nadhim Zahawi by refusing to rule out the end of free LFTs and saying the pressure on the NHS is "abating".
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I Am Unvaccinated
We're publishing a long, thoughtful essay on the Daily Sceptic by an MIT-educated software developer who has decided, on balance, not to get vaccinated. He's reasonable and scientifically-literate, not an anti-vaxxer.
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No-Vaxx Djokovic Wins Appeal to Enter Australia as Judge Admits He is “Somewhat Agitated” Over Mistreatment – But Government Threatens to Deport Anyway
World No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic is allowed to play in the Australian Open again after a judge quashed the decision to cancel his visa – but the Government issues a new threat to cancel the visa regardless.
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If Omicron is So Mild, Why Are ICU Admissions Skyrocketing in Australia?
There's little doubt that Omicron is causing milder disease in the U.K., as well as in South Africa, Denmark, and other places. But what's going on in Australia? ICU admissions have shot up as Omicron has taken hold.
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99.9987% of Under-20s Survive Covid, Study Finds – And 97.1% of the Elderly Do As Well
How deadly is COVID-19? Last year Prof John Ioannidis published an analysis of antibody studies which concluded the IFR was around 0.15% globally. Now he's brought out an update – and the IFR has gone down.
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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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Double Vaccinated Have Double the Infection Rate, Data From Iceland Shows
The double-vaccinated are almost twice as likely to be infected as unvaccinated people, data from Iceland shows. This is the same pattern as found in data from the U.K.
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SAGE Gloomsters Admit They Were Wrong About Omicron
The modellers who warned Britain had to impose severe restrictions or face tens of thousands of deaths from Omicron are in retreat – although they've yet to admit they were wrong about every previous variant too.
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