“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
“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?
“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
“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”
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