“Covid hospitalisations are going up, warns Boris Johnson” – “I think what everybody can see very clearly is that cases are going up,” the Prime Minister said, according to the Telegraph, “and in some cases hospitalisations are going up”
“NHS chief insists hospitals in Covid hotspots can cope with demand” – Chris Hopson, Chief Executive of NHS Providers, said hospital leaders are confident vaccinations have broken links between coronavirus cases, hospital admissions and deaths, the Daily Mail says
“SAGE modelling warns of risk of ‘substantial’ Covid third wave” – SAGE modellers are doing their thing again, the Guardian reports, including Professor Ferguson who says there is risk of a surge in infections and hospitalisations to rival the second wave in January
“Matt Hancock ‘was warned of Covid care home risk in March 2020’” – Some of the U.K.’s biggest care home operators have told the Guardian that they repeatedly warned Matt Hancock’s department back in March 2020 about discharging people from hospitals into care homes without a test
“Vaccination status on my Tinder profile? No thanks, gov” – “For those in favour of medical information on dating bios, where are the stickers or incentives for sharing one’s STI status?,” Amy Jones asks in UnHerd. “That is surely something of more relevance”
“Ignorant and evil – the mania for vaccinating children” – “The ignorance underlying the reckless decision to vaccinate over-12s who are at no risk of fatality from Covid-19 is near-incomprehensible,” writes Kathy Gyngell in the Conservative Woman
“The Lab Leak Chronicles” – Writing for the Conservative Woman, Paul Collits examines why the lab leak theory was widely dismissed until about a week ago
“Fear messaging and Masks” – Professor Robert Dingwall discusses the Government’s fear-based messaging with Lucy Johnston on Sketch Notes On a Pandemic. “The failure to recalibrate the risks is a legacy of the climate of fear,” he says
“Swine Flu and Covid: Pandemic Deja Vu?” – Dr Wolfgang Wodarg is the guest on the latest episode of the Pandemic Podcast, exploring the parallels between SASARS-CoV-2 and H1N1 Swine Flu with host Dan Astin Gregory
“France’s Covid stoicism has put Britain to shame” – “It’s a damning illustration of Britain’s timidity that France could be fully open for business before its neighbour,” writes Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator.
“COVID-19: Are mix-and-match vaccines the way forward?” – According to Deutsche Welle, a new German study has found that a combination of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines triggers a stronger immune response than sticking with just one
“Moscow to toughen enforcement of COVID-19 rules as cases rise” – Authorities in Moscow say they will be stepping up enforcement of rules on masks and gloves, according to Reuters, in an effort to stem the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the Russian capital
“Hospital suspends 178 workers for refusing COVID-19 vaccines” – Houston Methodist Hospital has suspended 178 employees who declined the jab and were not granted religious or medical exemptions, the Washington Express reports. The CEO Marc Boom said they had “decided not to put their patients first”
“Fauci says attacks on him are ‘attacks on science’” – The Post Millennial highlights the moment when, being interviewed on MSBNC, Dr Anthony Fauci declared that attacks on him are quite frankly “attacks on science”
“The New York Times Wanted” – The New York Times recommended to its readers that they get their food delivered to them rather than eat it in restaurants. It shows, says Jeffrey Tucker in RealClearMarkets, that lockdowns “were a ruling-class policy that implicitly foisted the burden of exposure and subsequent immunity on the other”
“Stinky Stuff Happens, but How Do We Prepare?” – “Something else with the magnitude of Covid is going to arrive; we don’t know what; we don’t know when,” writes Joakim Book at AIER
“Meanwhile in Australia” – Swiss Policy Research details the “high costs of zero Covid” in Australia and New Zealand – it’s high. Very high
“Top doctors warns Australia is a ‘sitting duck’ for Covid outbreaks” – Australian Medical Association president Omar Khorshid has warned that the country will be a “sitting duck” for Covid and the flu if and when it opens it borders, the Australian Associated Press reports, due to the sub-standard operations of its hospitals.
“How did one woman expose towns across two states to COVID-19?” – Authorities in Queensland, Australia are investigating the case of a woman from Melbourne who snuck out from lockdown with her husband and made a road trip to the Sunshine Coast where she tested positive, ABC reports
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