“Revealed: Thousands more deaths in home care during the pandemic” – The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveals figures which suggest that deaths among those receiving home care increased by nearly 50% between April 2020 and March 2021 as compared to the previous year
“Don’t hug any random people” – “Whatever’s happening in England, it’s not happening here in Wales,” says ITV Wales of England’s revised guidance on hugging. The Welsh find out if their rules change on Friday
“How did SAGE get it so wrong?” – Writing in the Spectator, Prof. Philip Thomas explains the gap between what the SAGE’s models predicted and what actually occurred
“It’s time to put young people first” – Professor Ellen Townsend discusses the impact of loneliness and social isolation on children in a piece for the second edition of Collateral Global which focusses on young people
“Are Meghan’s Covid claims correct?” – Ross Clark scrutinises Meghan’s recent statement that women “have been disproportionately affected by this pandemic” for the Spectator
“Why are we being lied to about Covid? There’s no good reason” – “Government and its advisers are telling us things that are manifestly untrue,” writes Dr. Mike Yeadon in the Conservative Woman, “and maintaining restrictive, damaging measures for which there’s no justification”
“The human fingerprints all over the virus” – Writing in the Conservative Woman, Neville Hodgkinson explains the evidence which suggests that Covid is a “chimeric virus, originally native to Chinese bats but manipulated in the laboratory to test its capacity to change into a threat to humans”
“The Green List Song” – In the Conservative Woman, Weaver Sheridan offers a “pick-me-up singalong” for the journey to a ‘green list’ approved holiday spot
“Loving Lockdown? You shouldn’t be” – “Lockdown-type mandates that have imprisoned most of the developed world don’t work,” writes Chris Bullick in a blog on LinkedIn
“The Importance of Nurses Feeling Safe to Speak Out” – On the latest Pandemic Podcast, Dan Astin Gregory speaks to Jenna Platt, known on Instagram as “That Nurse Who Asks Questions”, about why it is important that nurses feel able to question the Government’s pandemic response
“Bahrain prepares to offer residents a third dose of Covid vaccine” – Health officials in Bahrain are offering people a third vaccine dose, according to the Times. Those over 60, or with specific vulnerabilities, will get it six months after their second dose, with others getting it a year later
“Nova Scotia church service raided by police, 26 fines issued” – Police broke up a church service in Weston, Nova Scotia and issued everyone over the age of 16 with a fine, the Post Millennial reports. The province is currently under a two-week lockdown and religious services are banned
“The Inevitable Yo-Yo Ride of Pandemic Fortresses” – The AIER’s Phillip W. Magness and Joakim Book examine the Covid experiences of Iceland, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand, the island nations that closed their borders to the world
“China to draw ‘separation line’ on peak of Mount Everest” – China will draw a “separation line” atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal’s side of the mountain, AP news reports. Is this peak hysteria?
“Zero Covid man” – Australians “want to eliminate Covid”, says Prime Minister Scott Morrison. “Perhaps the great fear,” writes Paul Collits “is that he might be right”
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