News Round Up

“The road to de-mask us: Face coverings in shops, social distancing and working from home ‘will all be scrapped on June 21st’” – MailOnline reports on the restrictions expectated to be relaxed on June 21st
“Boris Johnson accused of breaking Covid rules celebrating election with pint inside pub” – The Prime Minister was pictured in a pub in Hartlepool, the Mirror points out, raising a pint to the Tory election victory and leaving pub landlords furious
“SAGE calls emergency meeting over rapid spread of Indian variant as No 10 plays down reopening fears” – There is to be an emergency meeting of SAGE today to discuss the Indian “variant of concern”, according to the Telegraph
“We promised that each would look after the other for life” – In a blog post for John’s Campaign, John Shaw explains how it felt when he was banned from visiting his wife of 50 years in her nursing home and helping to care for her
“GPs told to screen patients online first” – New NHS guidance formalises the advice first given as a temporary measure, that anyone seeking a doctor’s appointment must first have a discussion online or by phone, the Telegraph reports
“One of London’s oldest shops closes after nearly 500 years” – Arthur Beale, a yachting gear store and one of London’s oldest shops, is closing its doors, according to MailOnline
“Time To Get Vaccinated… Against Propaganda” – The march in London last month “was not covered because the lockdown is going to be painted as a glorious national success” writes Allen Farrington in MerionWest, as he pleads for inoculation against the approved narrative
“Alarmism and Therapeutic Nihilism: Toxic Covidian Bedfellows” – “It’s time to live again,” says Omar S. Khan in his latest barnstormer
“Why I refuse to worship the Neglectful Health Service” – Dr. Frank Palmer argues in the Conservative Woman that the neglect of patients which is being blamed on Covid is the logical outcome of deficiencies in the NHS that go back years
“Revealed, how Bill Gates’s influence spreads virally into UK public health policy” – Karren Harradine investigates the close network of connections between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the British medical establishment for the Conservative Woman
“Ol’ Blue Eyes is Vaxed” – Writing in the Conservative Woman, Roddy Duncan tells of his new musical extravaganza, Vax Life, which is based on Frank Sinatra’s That’s Life
“UN report pushes global government to ‘prevent future pandemics’” – On behalf of Off-Guardian, Kit Knightly examines the United Nations report recommending that the World Health Organisation be given even more power
“Is Covid changing?” – The latest ZOE app report from Tim Spector looks at how COVID is changing, with milder cases even though rates have increased
“Why we must never lock down again” – Luke Johnson is the guest on the latest edition of the Brendan O’Neil Show explaining why the lockdowns have been so harmful
“French lawmakers approve COVID-19 health pass to reopen the economy” – The new pass has now been approved by the French parliament after a token show of defiance earlier in the week
“Risks and benefits of vaccinating children against Covid” – The EU will soon decide whether to approve vaccination of 12 to 15 year-olds, according to Deutsche Welle
“Political alignments of face masks, social distancing” – “COVID-19 didn’t make us anxious,” says Uriel Abulof in the Jerusalem Post, but the measures we put in place to supposedly contain it did
“The woke mob says catching Covid makes you a bad person” – “Getting sick or contracting Covid has become socially irresponsible and unacceptable,” writes Jessica Swietoniowski in the Post Millennial. To the woke mob, it means that “you weren’t careful enough”
“Lockdown Mongers Can Point Fingers, But The Science Is In: They’re To Blame” – “Thanks to the ruling class who insisted shutting down would save lives, that became the conventional wisdom,” writes Kylee Zempel in the Federalist. “As is so often the case, however, the conventional wisdom was wrong”
“Big Brother Depends on Little Brothers” – “If normalcy is to return,” writes Barry Brownstein at AIER, “it will happen as more individuals refuse to be little brothers obeying CDC’s Big Brother edicts”
“Brazil suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine in pregnant women nationally after death” – Brazil has suspended the AZ jab for pregnant women after an expectant mother died of a hemorrhagic stroke post-vaccination
“It’s time we learn to live with coronavirus” – “The coronavirus is now endemic and, according to many scientists, will likely keep circulating around the world,” says Prof Ramesh Thakur in the Japan Times
“Huge crackdown on customers who refuse to scan Covid QR codes after curry house bungle” – According to Daily Mail Australia, police are set to start cracking down on customers avoiding the track and trace QR codes, issuing fines of up to $1,060 for individuals and $5,060 for businesses
“2020: The Year Medicine Lost Contact” – Dr. Sam Bailey asks if medicine will ever redeem itself after the fiasco of 2020
“Post-Quarantine Conversation” – A Saturday Night Live skit on the perils of meeting people again after a lengthy period of social isolation
“Our direction is simple: have a normal school year” – Asked about the next school year, the next President of the United States gave a good answer

“Our direction is simple: have a normal school yr. These kids don’t need to be wearing masks. We need to let them be kids”—@GovRonDeSantis

Florida ended all lockdowns/restrictions Sept2020: prior to any vaccine approval & without mass asymptomatic testing https://t.co/arGyibobEM
— Kulvinder Kaur MD (@dockaurG) May 12, 2021

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