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“Lockdowns Aren’t a Public Health Policy. They Signify a Failure of Public Health Policy,” Says Leading Epidemiologist

Professor Mark Woolhouse, an expert on infectious diseases at Edinburgh University, has a new book out in which he blasts lockdowns as morally wrong and highly damaging.

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Letter From a Teacher to the Conservative Party About Mask Mandates in Classrooms

The Daily Sceptic is publishing a letter from a teacher to the Chairman of his local Conservative Party Association explaining why he'll never vote Conservative again following the news about masks in classrooms.

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Soon to be a Major Motion Picture…

We've conjured up a new conspiracy theory at the Daily Sceptic: What if the U.K. Government engineered Omicron as a safe variant that would cause only mild disease and then confer immunity and released it into the wild?

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Government Forces Schoolchildren to Wear Masks in Classrooms Again Despite Studies Showing No Benefit

Masks are back for schoolchildren in Year 7 and above, who from the start of term will be required to wear them throughout the day including in classrooms. But where is the evidence they work?

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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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Infections Are Already Declining in London, Data Suggests

New daily infections are falling in London, data suggests. The ZOE app shows infections falling in the capital since December 27th, a trend that appears to be confirmed by the latest Government reported infection data.

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Covid Hospital Admissions Rising, but a Third Admitted For Something Else

The Daily Sceptics's in-house doctor, formerly a senior medic in the NHS, has run his eye over yesterday's data release from NHS England. Covid admissions are rising, but a third have been admitted for something else.

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A Third of ‘Covid’ Hospital Patients Are in Hospital For a Different Reason

Data published on Friday shows that the proportion of 'Covid' hospital patients in England who are in hospital for a different reason and only test positive for Covid incidentally has increased to 33%.

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Did Omicron Come From a Lab?

Omicron is very different from the previous variants of concern, and a new study presents evidence that it evolved specifically in mice. Which raises an intriguing possibility: did Omicron leak from a lab?

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Sajid Javid Says New Restrictions Unlikely as England Wakes Up With Hangover

As the people of England wake up with a bad hangover, Sajid Javid says additional Covid restrictions are unlikely

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