News Round-Up
23 May 2025
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by Will Jones
A senior research scientist for a pharmaceutical company on lockdowns: "Why would you give your patient a drug with more side effects than an equally effective one with less?"
A retired dentist has written a guest post for Lockdown Sceptics about his decision not to have the jab.
Boris Johnson has signalled that he would not stop pubs from demanding that drinkers prove they have had a Covid jab before entering. Such ideas have previously been dismissed by Government officials as "discriminatory".
Members of the public have five more days to submit their views to the Government's review into 'COVID-Status Certification'.
A study has shed light on the impact of lockdown on the British high street. Over 11,000 outlets permanently closed in 2020, and the Local Data Company expects that this will be followed by 18,000 more closures in 2021.
According to a joint analysis by Eurostat and Reuters, Sweden had lower excess mortality last year than 21 out of 30 European countries in spite of not locking down.
The Scottish Government acted unlawfully in closing churches under coronavirus regulations, the Court of Sessions has ruled – just two days before communal worship is due to resume.
The "stay at home" message is behind a major fall in urgent lung cancer referrals, according to Cancer Research UK's GP adviser. Only 3% of sufferers survive for five years or more if diagnosed at the latest stage.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about the virus in the past 24 hours in Britain and around the world.
In its latest "reality check" the BBC takes to task seven of the most frequently shared "false and misleading claims". Unfortunately, it needs some fact checking of its own.
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