News Round Up

“Vaccine passports will be a short-term ‘bridge to freedom’ before full herd immunity by this autumn” – According to the Mail on Sunday, vaccine passports are intended to allow sporting events and public gatherings in the short term and will be ditched when the UK reaches herd immunity in October. But the logistics of using them in pubs and restaurants are proving formidable
“Lockdowns have cost £22bn in lost sales, say British retailers” – Retailers have concocted all sorts of plans to make real-life shopping trips a pleasure once again, the Guardian reports, in an effort to make up for sales lost to lockdowns
“First-dose COVID-19 vaccine supply for GP sites to stop completely for a fortnight” – Supplies of first dose vaccinations for GPs will stop for two weeks from April 12th, according to GP Online
“Life will never be normal with Covid passports” – Writing in the Times, Janice Turner calls on the country to take a stand against “a future of form-checking and fear”
“Doctors claim A&E departments are ‘swamped’ by people seeking help for mild side-effects of AstraZeneca jab” – A&E departments around the country are seeing patients who’ve had the AstraZeneca jab and are suffering mild side effects, MailOnline reports
“How 12 times more people are dying from cancer than Covid” – The death toll from cancer is dwarfing that of Covid, the Mail On Sunday reports
“Virus hotspots could lead to third Covid wave in UK, scientists warn” – The Observer has dug up some scientists who are even more alarmist than those on SAGE
“Vaccine passports to ramp up cost of travel insurance” – Senior insurance executives have told Telegraph Money that the introduction of vaccine passports could increase the price of insurance for who chose not to use them, and are advising holiday makers to buy cover now to avoid higher costs
“Vaccine Fear, Morality and Politics” The fourteenth episode of Week in Review in which the Bournbrook magazine writers look back at the week gone by
“Medical Passports – Your Full History Soon Available To The Pub Doorman & All!” – Godfrey Bloom sets out the reality of vaccine passports in his typically forthright fashion
“It’s all in the telling: Why Europe’s approach to the AstraZeneca jab differs from ours” – The AstraZeneca jab’s bumpy reception in Europe has more to do with differing approaches to judging risk than with politics, writes Paul Nuki in the Telegraph. But, er, aren’t Brits terrible at assessing risk too, judging from the last year?
“No solidarity when it comes to coronavirus policy” – German politicians are now giving up on the idea of solidarity in the face of the Covid, writes Anja Brockmann at Deutsche Welle
“The ‘unvaccinated’ question” – Society hasn’t quite decided what it is going to do with those who refuse vaccines or tests says C. J. Hopkins for the UNZ Review
“South African variant can ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine, Israeli study says” – New research carried out in Israel found a “disproportionately higher rate of the South African variant among people vaccinated with a second dose” compared to a group that had not had the vaccine, Reuters reports. “The researchers cautioned, though, that the study only had a small sample size of people infected with the South African variant because of its rarity in Israel”
“Only the vaccinated will be saved” – RT reports on the evacuation of the Caribbean island of St. Vincent following a volcanic eruption. Cruise ships are helping out, but the Prime Minister said only vaccinated people would be able to board rescue ships. What happened to women and children first?
“Semper coronavirus: Almost 40% of Marines are declining COVID-19 vaccine” – Some 38.9% of the US Marines, and about a third of the US military overall, are turning down the jab, according to the New York Post
“Another Covid myth dies the death” – Jeffrey A. Tucker looks back at the myth of surface transmission of COVID-19 – no need to disinfect that shopping, Karen
“Gujurat Government not in favour of lockdowns, says C.M. Vijay Rupani” – The Government of Gujurat is choosing not to impose a state-wide lockdown, despite the increased infection rate, the Times of India reports
“Human Rights Commission probes India travel ban” – The New Zealand Government is facing a human rights probe following it decision to stop citizens returning home from India, according to the New Zealand Herald
“‘This must not be permanent’: Privacy experts sound alarm over QR codes” – The Sydney Morning Herald reports concerns about the track and trace system in New South Wales which could “enable the sharing of health information with police or for any other number of additional, loosely linked purposes not anticipated by the public”
“Migrants left stranded and without assistance by COVID-19 lockdowns” – Covid travel restrictions have been particularly hard on refugees, says Modern Diplomacy
“Words of wisdom from the late and great Duke” – Was the Duke a lockdown sceptic? Judging by his comments here, from an interview in 1984, we think its a strong possibility

Words of wisdom from the late and great Duke on liberty, individuals and the role of the state pic.twitter.com/Hvro1DKFST
— Ian Silvera (@ianjsilvera) April 9, 2021

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