News Round Up

“Extra testing to start in east London after overseas Covid variants detected” – New cases of the South African and Brazilian variant has prompted surge testing in parts of East London, the Guardian reports
“Councils use smart lighting to reduce crowds in fight against Covid” – Energy efficient “smart” streetlighting is being used to “nudge” people into correct behaviour, according to the Telegraph
“No lockdown and a vaccine within three months: what we can learn from America’s 1957 pandemic” – Writing in the Telegraph, Tim Stanley reviews Niall Ferguson’s new book covering the 1957 pandemic which was handled very differently to the COVID-19 panic
“More music festivals due to take place this year face being axed because of lack of Covid cancellation insurance, organisers warn” – “Around a quarter of UK festivals have already been called off over uncertainty surround the pandemic,” MailOnline reports, and organisers are saying that more could be cancelled unless they get Government-backed insurance
“Colds are even more common as Covid lockdown eases” – The easing of lockdown has been followed by a “torrent of rhinovirus”, the Times reports
“Aggression over Covid vaccines is overwhelming… Everyone expects to get theirs first” – The Times interviews Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of the Serum Institute, who has come to the UK on Business and to escape the pressure he is under in India
“Pandemic Reaction” – An essay by Ernest A, examining how the Government’s response to Covid has caused more harm than the virus itself
“My Declaration of Independence, 2021” – Jon Ellwood brings the famous document of 1776 up to date for the modern day in the Conservative Woman
“Mike Yeadon’s warning: ‘Vaxpasses’ could put us under total control” – A summary of the ex-Pfizer scientist’s interview with America’s Frontline Doctors by Kathy Gyngell at the Conservative Woman
“Liberal Spring – Ten pledges to unleash a decade of liberty” – A grassroots campaign aiming to widen the parliamentary debate about the national response to COVID-19 via the Liberal Democrat Party
“The Scandal Special: Government leaks, Covid kids and antisemitism” – The 17th episode of The Week in Review by Bournbrook takes in the latest Covid developments amidst much else
“Lockdown restrictions loosened in several European countries” – Portugal, Hungary and Italy have all relaxed their lockdowns, according to Euronews
“Police break up anti-lockdown party in Brussels” – Deutsche Welle reports that police in Brussels fired tear gas and water cannons to break up an anti-lockdown party in a park
“Pfizer partner looking to mix mRNA vaccine with Chinese products” – BioNTech, which worked with Pfizer on its vaccine, is “considering to evaluate” mixing its mRNA product with the vaccine manufactured by the Chinese company Fosun Pharma, according to Breitbart
“Coronavirus affected by warm temperatures, may follow a seasonal path – study” – The Jerusalem Post flags up a study, recently published in Scientific Reports, which found “a statistical significance in the prevalence of COVID-19 in populations living in warmer climates versus those living in more hibernal sections of the world”
“Inside the mental health shadow pandemic caused by COVID-19” – “Many who survived the virus just couldn’t handle the new normal of quarantines, lockdowns, record unemployment, the fear of the unknown,” writes clinician Dr. Nicholas Kardaras in the New York Post of the patients he has seen in the Omega Recovery Mental Health Clinics
“Oregon restores restrictions amid Covid surge boosted by vaccine hesitancy” – The State of Oregon has re-imposed restrictions, with 15 of 36 counties now deemed to be at “extreme risk” of spreading coronavirus, according to the Guardian
“Washington D.C. drops mask mandate for ‘fully vaccinated’ individuals, with some exceptions” – The Washington Examiner says that under a new order signed by the Mayor fully vaccinated individuals in Washington D.C. can “gather indoors with other fully vaccinated people without wearing a mask or staying six feet apart”
“Kenyan president lifts COVID-19 lockdown imposed last month” – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has lifted the lockdown imposed last month, Reuters reports, allowing for a reopening of bars and restaurants, religious services and schools. But political gatherings are still banned
“The BBC ‘never offers any context about the daily death toll from Covid in India‘” – Toby appeared on Kevin O’Sullivan’s show on talkRADIO to point out a key failing in the mainstream media’s coverage of the Covid situation in India
“Thousands of revellers attend Wuhan music festival” – Thousands of people attended the first day of the Wuhan Strawberry Music Festival yesterday, according to Reuters
“Western Australia in lockdown limbo as officials sweat on COVID tests after latest community cases” – Further cases of community transmission, from a quarantine hotel worker in Perth to his housemates, has put Western Australia on tenterhooks for a fresh lockdown, Perthnow reports
“Covid madness – and sanity – in Trudeau’s Canada” – The latest episode of the Tom Woods Show sees Tom talk to Adam Schneider about Canadian lockdowns and high-profile cases of resistance
“Dr. John Lee, Prof of Pathology UK – Unlocked Documentary” – Watch the latest Unlocked interview with Dr. John Lee

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