“We no longer need to fear Covid” – Matt Ridley argues in the Telegraph that the hyper-cautious approach “is now impossible to justify given the success of vaccines”
“Boris’s vaccine propaganda film jumps the gun” – Number 10 released a film heralding the wonders of the vaccine on Friday, but Kate Andrews argues in the Spectator that they’d have been better releasing it after things are back to normal
“COVID-19: Taking Stock” – “The pro-lockdowners are building the narrative fortress higher and higher to protect it from the inevitable future attacks,” says Dr. Malcolm Kendrick
“Prior infection vs vaccination” – Dr. Sebastian Rushworth looks at whether prior infection or vaccination provides a higher degree of immunity
“When the Opposition neglects to oppose…” – “When the major parties are agreed, the dissident voices will have to be heard outside instead,” says Rolf Norfolk, writing in the Conservative Woman
“Common features of the Covistance” – Covidian resistance around the world have five features in common, according to Paul Fritjers on the Club Troppo blog
“Why it’s time to bring back the balance” – The latest episode of the Pandemic Podcast sees Dan Astin Gregory speaks to Alan Miller from the campaign group Recovery about why it is now time for a more proportionate response to the pandemic
“Belgium lowers minimum age limit for AstraZeneca vaccine” – The age limit for the AstraZeneca jab in Belgium is to be reduced from 55 to 41, the Brussels Times reports. There will be no minimum age limit on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine
“Germany’s ’emergency brake’ rules take effect” – A summary of Germany’s new Covid restrictions from Deutsche Welle, which vary around the country according to the rate of infections
“Coercive compliance in the age of coronavirus” – “There is a moral imperative to revisit the word ‘compliance’ and the way it’s being used in the age of coronavirus,” says Mary Dawood Catlin in the Jerusalem Post
“The dangers of COVID-19 immunity-based licenses” – Shirly Bar-Lev argues in the Jerusalem Post that “authorising workplaces to vaccinate employees against their better judgment violates employees’ autonomy over their minds and bodies”
“The Rise of Ron DeSantis” – David Frum charts the Florida Governor’s rise to prominence in the Atlantic, noting that it has been helped in no small part by his response to COVID-19
“Lockdown origins and harms” – “If lockdowns were such a great idea there would surely be thousands of books and tens of thousands of articles prior to 2020 in their support,” writes Sanjeev Sabhlok in a blog for the Times of India. “But there are none”
“Sheriff Resists Covid Crazies” – Tom Woods talks to Sheriff David Hathaway of Santa Cruz County who was elected on a landslide after he said he would not take action against somebody who wouldn’t wear a mask
Fascinating thing about anti-lockdown marches is the next door aesthetic. Most protest groups look how you'd imagine them to. Oxford St today appears more like a fire drill at a Tesco Extra in Kent – a totally random cross section of pedestrians. The radicalised normal.
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