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by Jonathan Barr
24 June 2021 1:54 AM

  • “Keep wearing face masks, Britons to be told” – The face mask law, and social distancing, threatens to be turned into “advice”, the Telegraph reports, even if “freedom day” goes ahead as planned on July 19th
  • “Minister says travel quarantine rules do not apply to ‘important people’” – The Independent reports that John Whittingdale, Minister of State for Media and Data, has provided a frank clarification about the rules on quarantine when coming into the country
  • “‘He’s full of…’: What the Queen and PM said about ‘poor man’ Matt Hancock” – As Prime Minister one-to-ones with the Queen resume, Sky News shows a brief clip in which Her Majesty, receiving Boris Johnson, refers to Matt Hancock as a “poor man”
  • “Guests stick to the rules at one of first weddings since new rules” – Guests were on their best behaviour, MailOnline says, as Chris and Sue tied the knot at one of the first weddings to take place since the cap on guest numbers was lifted
  • “Double-jabbed Brits could go to ‘amber list’ countries quarantine-free” – The Government is set to relax the quarantine rules for the double jabbed, according to MailOnline, but a number of destinations, including the U.S., Italy, Germany and Poland are not too keen on the prospect of seeing British tourists return, and Angela Merkel has urged EU member states to force visiting Britons to quarantine
  • “The countries that could go green, amber and red today” – The Telegraph is expecting the ‘green list’ to grow from 11 destinations to 25
  • “Exams face Covid disruption next year and beyond, warns Gavin Williamson” – Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has indicated that he “very much expects” mitigations to be in place for GCSE and A-level exams in coming years, according to the Telegraph
  • “Official data: People working from home work 45 minutes less a day” – MailOnline reports that home workers only spend six-and-a-half hours a day on work compared to those still commuting who spend around seven-and-a-quarter hours working, according to figures released by the ONS
  • “Decadent Britain is sleepwalking into a vortex of permanent decline” – “Lockdown has precipitated a pernicious cultural revolution that will make us poorer and less free,” writes Allister Heath in the Telegraph
  • “The latest Smiley myth: it’s not the jabs, it’s just seasonality” – Writing in CAPX, Christopher Snowdon challenges the hypothesis that it is seasonality we have to thank for the relatively low rates of Covid infections, hospitalisations and deaths, rather than the jabs
  • “What do you give the lab that started the pandemic? A Nobel Prize, say the Chinese” – “No one can deny that the Chinese researchers have indeed produced impactful work,” writes Kate Dunlop, commenting in the Conservative Woman on the glittering prizes that may be heading the way of the Wuhan Institute of Virology
  • “This retired PC standing up to the government vaccine fanatics is a hero” – The Conservative Woman salutes Former Police Constable Mark Sexton who has reported Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock, Chris Whitty and the rest for misconduct in public office and provides a transcript of the evidence
  • “Health Freedom Ireland questions the spike of deaths in our nursing homes” – An episode of the Joe Dalton Show by Dublin South FM investigating the spike of deaths in Ireland’s nursing homes with Health Freedom Ireland
  • “An open letter to Nadhim Zahawi, U.K. Vaccine Minister” – An open letter to the U.K. vaccine minister from concerned citizens about adverse reactions to the vaccines
  • “WHO expresses concern over eased restrictions at EURO 2020 matches” – The World Health Organisation regrets “that some stadiums hosting the tournament are currently raising the number of spectators allowed to see a match”, Euronews reports
  • “Estonian PM warns West of damage from Covid-induced authoritarianism” – “What we have seen in this Covid crisis, this urge for a strong hand or an authoritarian way of governing is deep in our societies, even in some countries you would never believe,” said Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia, in an interview with the Financial Times
  • “CDC safety group says there’s a likely link between rare heart inflammation in young people after Covid shot” – There is, the U.S. Centre for Disease Control has said, a “likely association” between 1,200 cases of myocarditis or pericarditis in people under 30 and the Pfizer and Moderna jabs, CNBC reports
  • “Are Covid Vaccines Riskier Than Advertised?” – “There are concerning trends on blood clots and low platelets,” say Joseph A. Lapado and Harvey A. Risch in the Wall Street Journal
  • “Lawmakers seek probe of possible Wuhan ‘superspreader’ event in October 2019” – Members of Congress are calling on the Biden administration to investigate whether the October 2019 Military World Games, which were held in Wuhan, may have been a “super spreader” event, the New York Post reports
  • “Children’s Birthdays May Have Spread COVID-19 Infections” – A new study suggests that in countries with high levels of COVID-19 households had a 30% higher risk of infection in the two weeks following a birthday celebration, the Scientific American reports
  • “McDonald’s COVID-19 Vaccine Pop-Up Clinics” – McDonald’s Californian franchisees are partnering with the California Department of Public Health to offer free vaccinations at 70+ locations throughout the state, and offers a free menu item to all who come forward as a “thank you for doing their part”
  • “Morgan Stanley to bar unvaccinated employees, clients from NY offices” – According to Reuters, Morgan Stanley only wants fully vaccinated staff and clients in its New York Offices
  • “Hillary Clinton Privately Warned France that Wuhan P4 Lab May Lead to Bioweapon Research” – A cable obtained by Wikileaks reveals that Hilary Clinton, when Secretary of State, had some concerns about the Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to Human Events
  • “COVID-19 Gene Data That Could Have Aided Research on Early Epidemic Removed From Database” – A Chinese researcher told the National Institutes of Health to delete key gene sequences of early COVID-19 cases from its database, the Wall Street Journal reports, raising concerns of a cover up
  • “Countries relying on Chinese Covid vaccines reporting surge in infections” – China’s vaccine diplomacy is faltering, the Business Standard reports, as countries which made extensive use of Chinese jabs, such as Mongolia, Seychelles and Bahrain, now grapple with rising rates of infection
  • “Everest climber Tsang Yin-hung yearns for home, but stuck in Nepal” – Hong Kong resident Tsang Yin-hung, who made the fastest ascent of Mount Everest by a woman, and other Chinese climbers are stuck in Nepal due to restrictions imposed by Beijing, according to the Standard
  • “Why we petitioned the FDA to refrain from fully approving any COVID-19 vaccine this year” – Linda Wastila, Peter Doshi, Hamid Merchant and Kim Witczak explain in the BMJ why they believe there is no reason to rush to give the vaccines full regulatory approval
  • “Bret Weinstein and Dr. Pierre Kory” – Episode #1671 of the Joe Rogan Experience looks at the benefits of ivermectin in treating COVID-19 with Dr. Pierre Kory of the Frontline Covid Critical Care Alliance and Bret Weinstein of the Dark Horse Podcast
  • “Ivermectin: Indian Bar Association Serve Legal Notice on WHO’s Chief Scientist” – The first episode of the CATalyst by TrailSiteNews sees host Shabnam Palesa Mohamed, advocate Dipali Ohja, Dr. Pierre Kory and Dr. Tess Lawrie discuss the Indian Bar Association’s legal action against WHO scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan
  • “When are we going to start putting Children First?” – “It really does seem that children are at the bottom of the heap,” said Liz Cole of Us For Them on GB News. “And they’ve been there right throughout”

'When are we going to start putting children first?'

Liz Cole from Us For Them says children have been bottom of the pile when it comes to the government's Covid considerations.

Watch GB News on Freeview 236, Sky 515, Virgin Media 626, YouView 236 and Freesat 216. pic.twitter.com/TFMUDeC7Nt

— GB News (@GBNEWS) June 23, 2021
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