“U.K. health chiefs say rates of myocarditis are higher than expected” – British cardiologists have told MailOnline that a change in language on the MHRA’s website signalled that it could be about to issue a warning about the link between the jabs and “very rare” and “typically mild” cases of myocarditis
“Six cases of Lambda Covid variant first found in Peru confirmed in England” – The variants have reached the next letter, but, RT reports, Public Health England say there is no evidence to suggest that the variant has the capability of causing more serious illness or diminishing the efficacy of jabs
“A plea from a pollster: stop listening to the public” – “We are increasingly finding ourselves in an unhealthy position,” says pollster James Johnson in the Spectator. “Politicians are not just looking at polls as a reflection of opinion, but taking them as a call to action”
“The hypocrisy of Matt Hancock” – “I haven’t enjoyed a story so much since Neil Ferguson was outed for having broken lockdown rules which he played a part imposing on the rest of us so as to meet a comely married blonde woman,” writes Melanie McDonagh in the Spectator
“Matt Hancock is now a national joke and must go today” – “As Hancock was enforcing the most inhumane and draconian limits on our interactions by law, he was flagrantly ignoring the social distancing rules to engage in a tawdry affair,” writes Dan Wootton in MailOnline
“Time for more TV tears, Mr Hancock?” – “It would take a heart of stone not to laugh,” says Frederick Edward in the Conservative Woman, responding of course to Matt Hancock’s indiscretions with a married member of his staff
“We are being guided by the National Conscience” – It is the idealistic National Conscience, “zealously guarded by the mainstream media who express their righteous outrage at every opportunity” that led us into lockdown, says Ian Ashworth-Kirkham in the Conservative Woman
“Vexation not vacation for Europeans hoping for US voyages” – The European Union is letting Americans back in, but the United States is still blocking European travellers from its shores. Deutsche Welle takes a look at what’s holding things up
“Germany fans urged not to travel to England for Euro 2020 clash” – According to Deutsche Welle, the World Medical Association believes that, given the prevalence of the Delta variant, it would be “irresponsible” for German football fans to travel to London for the Euro2020 match on Tuesday
“Russia mandates vaccinations for some as virus cases surge” – Having fallen short of the target to vaccinate 30 million, regional governments across Russia are now, according to the Associated Press, obliging many workers to take the jab and requiring vaccination for entry into restaurants and other businesses
“Iceland to lift all COVID-19 restrictions from Saturday” – Svandís Svavarsdóttirlonger, the Minister of Health in Iceland, has announced all Covid restrictions are to be dropped as of Saturday, Reuters reports, including masks and social distancing
“Nearly one in 10 Victorians ‘seriously considered suicide’ during COVID lockdown, report finds” – According to ABC, researchers surveyed 1,157 residents of Victoria, Australia during September 2020 and found that 33.4% reported symptoms of anxiety or depression, 26.3% reported burnout, 12.3% has started using or increased their use of substances and 9.5% seriously considered suicide
“An abundance of dread as Daniel Andrews’ comeback looms” – In just days, John Simpson warns in Spectator Australia, “the architect of one of the worst chapters in the life of Victoria (outside of war and the Great Depression) returns from three months away due to injury”
“WHO’s behind Facebook?” – “The World Health Organisation surprised everyone,” says Rebecca Weisser in Spectator Australia, “by advising parents to hold off on vaccinating their children for COVID-19” but no one was more startled than Facebook
“COVID-19 origins still a mystery: Study finds virus was ‘highly human adapted’” – Medical Xpress reports the findings of researchers at Flinders University and La Trobe University in Australia, who, seeking to help identify an immediate animal vector, found that the virus was “ideally adapted to infect human cells”
“Child labour: The hidden costs of Covid” – A BBC report on 9 year-old Teddy in Uganda. After her school closed in response to COVID-19, she went to work mining for gold
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