“Don’t break Covid rules as lockdown easing begins, public told” – The Telegraph relays the Government’s advice to exercise extreme caution when engaging in those activities we’re now allowed to do – so no hugging, maintain the two metre rule and don’t meet up with anyone from outside your household indoors
“We should all be lockdown sceptics, Sadiq” – London Mayor Sadiq Kahn called his opponent a ‘lockdown sceptic’ last week. Writing in the Daily Mail, John Humphreys explains why that is a good thing (scroll down)
“Pub Covid checks would not be permanent, says Oliver Dowden” – The Guardian reports comments made by Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden on ‘Covid status certification’ yesterday. “Of course, we would never look to do this on a permanent basis,” he said. “It’s just whether it might be a tool in the short run.” There is nothing so permanent as…
“The dystopian campaign of fear must end” – “It’s time to treat the public like adults,” writes Jon Dobinson for ThinkScotland, “restore freedom of speech, and stop creating fear”
“The passports to hell!” – “Surely Johnson and the British government have it in their power to say ‘no’ to vaccine passports,” says Roger Watson
“The longest three weeks of our lives” – The latest episode of The Week in Review by Bournbrook looks back on the week gone by and on a year of madness
“Why temperature checks aren’t just pointless… they’re dangerous!” – The Medical Minefield podcast for the Mail On Sunday examines why constant temperature checks are little more than Covid theatre and why some are warning that they may create a false sense of security. Read the Mail On Sunday report here
“Amish community may have reached Covid ‘herd immunity,’ health official says” – An Amish community in Pennsylvania may have become the first in the USA to attain ‘herd immunity’, the New York Post reports. They complied with stay-at-home orders at the beginning, but “by late April, they had resumed worship services, where they shared communion cups and holy kisses”
“Maharashtra considers total lockdown as virus cases jump” – India’s richest state, Maharastra, is considering a lockdown after recording the highest one-day jump in coronavirus infections since last March, according to Reuters
“Gender inequality concerns rise as more men head back to the office” – The Sydney Morning Herald reports on a survey which suggests that more men are returning to the office than women, fuelling concerns of gender inequality in the post-Covid world. Are they going to ask just men to stay at home?
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