“They Think It’s all Over” – Nice round up in MailOnline of all the people across Britain ignoring lockdown restrictions to enjoy themselves in the sun
“Gove hints at vaccine passport app” – In the Spectator, Katy Balls describes a ‘listening exercise’ Michael Gove held with MPs about immunity IDs. It looks as though the general idea being discussed is that individuals could be asked to show either a vaccine passport, a negative Covid test or proof of antibodies to enter a venue, likely in the form of an app designed by, you guessed it, NHSX
“The flawed technologies behind vaccine passports” – Cybersecurity experts are warning that the race to create a vaccine passports app could be placing privacy and security at risk, the Telegraph reports. You read it here first
“AstraZeneca renames Covid vaccine as firm fights off controversy over drug” – The jab is henceforth to be known as ‘Vaxzevria’, reports RT. The European Medicines Agency has signed off the name change and the company says that it “does not involve any alterations to the actual drug”. Not an April Fool
“Is Britain turning into a ‘bio-security state’?” – Fraser Nelson talks to James Forsyth and Katy Balls on the Coffee House Shots podcast to discuss Britain’s potential transformation into a ‘bio-security’ state, the subject of Fraser’s recent Telegraphcolumn
“Reverend Jamie Franklin on the Delingpod” – The Irreverend‘s Jamie Franklin joins James Delingpole for a conversation about the ideology underpinning lockdowns from a theological perspective – and much else
“EU’s Covid Vaccine Export Curbs Ensnare Other Shots in Italy” – Bloomberg reports that Italy’s customs authority has help up a shipment of meningitis vaccines and plans to test its contents amid suspicion that manufacturer GSK may try to export coronavirus vaccines out of the EU
“Study shows no vaccine-resistant mutation exists in Israel” – According to Ynet news, the preliminary findings of research commissioned by the Israeli health authorities indicate that there is “no coronavirus variant currently in the country that is resistant to vaccines”
“Lockdowns are more economically devastating than voluntary social distancing” – Writing for the Mises Institute, Dr. Mihai Macovei explains why the IMF’s claim that lockdowns have little or no economic cost because the epidemic would have wreaked havoc through the economy anyway “flies in the face of reality”
“Florida Governor to Forbid ‘Vaccine Passports’ With Executive Order” – “It’s completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you the requirement that you show proof of vaccine to just simply participate in normal society,” DeSantis said, according to 6 South Florida
“Needed: A COVID-19 Lockdown Commission” – The American people need a truly independent inquiry to examine the cost of lockdown and how to stop it re-occurring, says Alan W. Dowd for AIER
“Why is vaccinated Chile locking down again?” – Chile is ahead of the UK in vaccinating its population, but infections are increasing and large parts of the country have been placed back in lockdown. In the Spectator, Ross Clark wonders if this is because they are mainly using the Sinovac jab
“Our children’s futures are being put on indefinite pause. We must prioritize reopening schools, and we must prioritize reopening them better than they were before.”@unicefchief on the COVID education crisis. pic.twitter.com/jUKPNoS19J
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