“Wales records no new coronavirus deaths for tenth consecutive day” – Public Health Wales data published on Sunday revealed there have now been 10 consecutive days without a recorded coronavirus death, ITV news reports. Nonetheless, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said social distancing could remain in place until the end of the year
“Cabinet bust-up over Portugal and Malta put paid to holiday hopes” – “Two senior sources” told the Sunday Times that the Joint Biosecurity Centre recommended adding Malta to the green list but the proposal was killed off by Michael Gove and Matt Hancock. Cabinet ministers were furious that they were given key scientific papers 10 minutes before the meeting
“Scientists fear future leaks as top-level labs proliferate” – “At least 59 maximum biosafety level four labs are planned, under construction or in operation across the world,” the FT says, “spanning 23 countries including the U.K., U.S., China, India, Gabon and Côte d’Ivoire”
“Boris Johnson has defied the pro-lockdown groupthink” – Dominic Cummings famously approves of “weirdos and misfits” but, says Matthew Parris in the Spectator, he overlooked his Downing Street boss who was “prepared to challenge the gathering consensus about how to tackle the spread of a virus that might (or might not) turn into a deadly pandemic”
“Who’s selfish now?” – “There is no reason to vaccinate most children and, given the potential side effects, many not to do so,” writes Michael Curzon in Bournbrook
“Why in God’s name subject our children to the risk of death from vaccination?” – “It’s being driven mostly by two things,” says Elephant City in the Conservative Woman, “the profit motives of Big Pharma and Big Tech, and a cult-like religious movement in which masking and vaccinations are the sacraments by which one demonstrates their virtue”
“Fauci slams ‘fabricated’ attacks against him” – Dr. Anthony Fauci is hitting back at his critics, the Washington Examiner reports, claiming he’s “become the object of extraordinary, I believe, completely inappropriate, distorted, misleading, and misrepresented attacks… and that is unfortunate”
“California county cuts COVID-19 death toll by 25%” – The Daily Mail reports that after adjusting the parameters for what is considered a Covid death, Alameda County in California has revised its death toll downwards by ~25%, from 1,634 to 1,223
“‘No magic number’ of vaccinated Victorians will stop Covid lockdowns” – Residents of Victoria, Australia have been warned by their Deputy Chief Health Officer Allen Cheng that there is no “magic number” of people getting jabbed which would guarantee that the Government would stop implementing lockdowns, the Australian Associated Press reports
“FNC’s Carlson: ‘Will Fauci Face Any Consequences?’” – Breitbart highlights a clip from Tucker Carlson Tonight where host Tucker wonders if Dr. Anthony Fauci will be held accountable for what appears to be ties to gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology
“Covid Lab Leak, Kid’s Vaccines, Fauci Emails & More” – Zubin Damania and Dr Vinay Prasad consider the implications of the lab-leak hypothesis, the risks and benefits of vaccinating children and more in the latest ZDogg podcast
“Children should not be vaccinated for COVID-19” – “If this goes ahead, children will die from the vaccine,” says Dr Ros Jones. “I’m not wanting to be melodramatic. There may not be a lot of children die, but there will be children who will die who wouldn’t have done”
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