“Hospitals’ fear ‘perfect storm’ of winter flu outbreak and Covid” – According to the Daily Mail, some 78% of hospital trust leaders in England are extremely or moderately concerned about the operational pressures they will face this winter, from Covid, the flu and the waiting lists
“Covid outbreak at care home where every resident is vaccinated” – Kenwyn Care Home in Truro is closed to visitors following an outbreak of COVID-19. According to Cornwall Live, all residents and 94% of the staff are fully vaccinated and every single case has been asymptomatic so far
“COVID-19: Extra disruption payment to 9,000 Northern Ireland students” – More than 9,000 students at Queen’s and Ulster University are to receive £495 for the disruption caused by the pandemic, the BBC reports, on top of the £500 payment from Stormont to about 40,000 students in Northern Ireland
“Covid restrictions are taking a terrible toll on our schoolchildren” – “It’s a devastating indictment of the priorities of our society that while in London, football fans crowd the streets in their thousands, down the road, parents are asked to watch their children’s sports days on Zoom,” says Molly Kingsley in the Spectator
“I can no longer support this irrational lockdown” – “If the current restrictions are not lifted on July 5th or 19th, Boris Johnson will live to regret it,” writes lockdown hawk Iain Dale in the Telegraph
“‘Safe vaccine’ pledges are on ever shakier ground” – Writing in the Conservative Woman, Neville Hodgkinson summarises the concerns about the vaccines that have been put forward by Dr. Robert Malone and Steve Kirsch
“Dancin’ the fright away” – Vlod Barchuk asks a question of readers of the Conservative Woman: “Do you believe in what you think about masks, vaccines, ivermectin, vitamin D enough to follow through with what that implies?”
“The anti-Covid pill Big Pharma doesn’t want you to have” – John Hollaway tries to fathom out why medical authorities have been reluctant to consider the potential benefits of ivermectin in treating COVID-19 in the Conservative Woman
“Who’s pulling Hancock’s strings?” – A more pertinent question, writes Roger Watson in the Unity News Network, would be “why is he still in a job?”
“Dr Gary Sidley HART Group Interview” – HART’s Dr Gary Sidley appears on the Real Normal Podcast chatting about the State of Fear and the Government behavioural psychological techniques that have been deployed to frighten the whole country… and about real ale
“The ‘Indian variant’ summer wave” – The Swiss Doctor considers the impact of seasonal influences on the spread of the Delta variant
“We Just Got Even More Proof that Stay-At-Home Orders Lethally Backfired” – In an item for the Foundation of Economic Education, Brad Polumbo highlights new research by economists at the University of Southern California which found that lockdowns failed to reduce overall mortality and may have increased it
“The New Clerisy” – “‘I believe in science’ has come to mean, ‘I do not question expert authority’,” says Leighton Woodhouse, “which is as antithetical to the scientific spirit as you can get”
“Why lockdown states may shut down again this fall” – “During Covid Mania, many became convinced that this annual reality can be stopped by the ‘new science’ human interventions,” say Jordan Schachtel. “And these same citizens, politicians, and ‘public health experts’ may demand more of the same in the coming months”
“Wuhan lab used Chinese military as key advisers” – Fabrizio Gatti, an Italian author, has found that the Wuhan Institute of Virology listed members of the Chinese military on its oversight committees, according to the Times, and it also included international scientists without their knowledge
“China to Keep COVID-19 Border Restrictions for Another Year” – Beijing intends to keep its pandemic border restrictions in place for at least another year, the Wall Street Journal reports, for fear that variants might disrupt two upcoming events: the Winter Olympics and the CCP transfer of power where Xi Jinpings is expected to seek a third term
“‘Yet to find a single case of COVID-19’: North Korea tells WHO” – North Korea has informed the World Health Organisation that the country has tested more than 30,000 people for COVID-19 but has not yet found a single case of infection. A claim which the Hindustan Times reports is widely doubted
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