“Is No. 10 planning a vaccine passport ruse?” – There is “an impression among Conservative MPs that the UK Government has already made up its mind on vaccine passports”, writes Isabel Hardman for the Spectator, and the forthcoming vote will be about both international and UK use
“Boris should heed Blair’s advice on the Covid vaccine data” – The Government “would do well to take Blair’s advice”, says Ross Clark in the Spectator, “and make full datasets on infections, hospitalisations and deaths available among vaccinated people before the information is winkled out of it”
“The rule of law has broken down” – Writing for the New Statesman, Rachel Cunliffe profiles Silkie Carlo of Big Brother Watch, who explains that COVID-19 has led to the creation of a surveillance state
“Lockdown closure pays for French restaurants” – Restaurant federations in France say that many of their members have seen their revenue increase over the past 12 months, the Times reports, thanks to the generosity of state support
“Covid talk: A lesson in linguistics” – “There has been a long list of ‘new’ terms that have irked me,” writes Jody Kasner in the Jerusalem Post. “Starting from day one and ‘flattening the curve’.”
“U.S. adds 116 countries to its ‘Do Not Travel’ advisory list” – The U.S. State Department has added at least 116 countries this week to its “Level Four: Do Not Travel” advisory list, according to Reuters. the countries include the UK, Canada, France, Israel, Mexico and Germany
“First jab of Chinese Sinovac vaccine does little good, says Chile” – Chilean scientists are warning that the protection offered by the Sinovac jab is “very weak” until after the second dose, according to the Times. This embarrassment suggests conspiracy theories involving China aren’t true
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