“No face masks rule from July 19th” – Boris Johnson is pushing for the lifting of mask laws in almost all settings, the Daily Mail says, to help return life to “as near normal as possible”
“‘Children better off catching Covid naturally than having a jab’” – Professor Robert Dingwall, a member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, has said that vaccines had to be “exceptionally safe” not to do more harm than good, given how mild illness was in teenagers, the Times reports
“SAGE expert says Britain should not open until all children are jabbed” – Professor John Edmunds, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and member of SAGE, has insisted the “safest time” to reopen fully would be after all children have had a Covid vaccine, according to MailOnline
“January lockdown forced savers to put away billions of pounds more” – ONS figures suggest that the economy shrank by 1.6% in the first quarter, more than the expected 1.5%, according to the Times, and the saving ratio has jumped to 19.9%, the second-highest level on record
“Self-isolating students in end-of-tenancy ‘nightmare’” – Students self-isolating at the end of their tenancy are facing a costly situation the BBC reports. Either they must extend their tenancy and pay more to their landlord, or break their isolation and run the risk of a fine
“Does Long Covid really exist?” – Stuart Ritchie, having initially claimed on Anti-Virus: the COVID-19 FAQ that Long Covid is a reason to keep the lockdown in place, now thinks it may be an imaginary illness. He sets out his doubts in UnHerd
“What will life look like on 19th July?” – There is increased optimism that ‘Freedom day’ will come on July 19th, says Katy Balls in the Spectator. But there remains many questions over how ‘normal’ life will be afterwards
“London’s Freedom Fighters” – “London is leading the world in mass rallies to end Covid lockdowns and go back to normal,” says Niall McCrae in the European Conservative
“Daily Covid reporting has its place, but we’re doing it all wrong” – “Don’t suppress information about estimated infection levels,” argues on-again, off-again lockdown sceptic Andrew Lilico in the Telegraph. “Give us more, and let us choose how to behave in response to it”
“This punishment of the young must end” – “The least we can do for the children who have sacrificed so much for others is make sure all restrictions end on July 19th,” says this leader in the Telegraph
“Cheer up Matt!” – Gina Corladengelo’s consolatory letter to her hapless boyfriend, courtesy of Andy Lambeth at Lockdown Satire
“Covid’s dark winter: How bio war-gaming robbed us of our liberty” – Writing for the Conservative Woman, Neville Hodgkinson highlights the work of German investigative journalist Paul Schreyer who’s been looking at the pandemic simulation exercises which have been going on for over 20 years
“Game, set and virtue signal” – “Wimbledon was just a huge virtue-signalling, pro-vaccination, NHS-clapping event,” says Roger Watson in the Conservative Woman. “If ever there was an example of politics being firmly embedded in sports, this was it”
“Spoilsport Johnson must lift this school ban on parents” – In the Conservative Woman, Cara Usher-Smith takes aim at the Government’s ban on parents attending school sports days. “We can let tens of thousands into football stadiums, but standing on the side of the school running track is forbidden”
“COVID-19 and Diet: Does what you eat matter?” – In the latest webinar from ZOE, Professor Tim Spector is joined by Dr Sarah Berry, Professor Andrew Chan and Emily Leeming to discuss how diet affects the likelihood of catching COVID-19
“France headed for a fourth wave in autumn, government adviser warns” – Professor Jean-François Delfraissy, a scientific advisor to the French Government, warns that, due to the Delta variant, France is likely to experience a fourth wave of coronavirus cases, France 24 reports
“Chaos as Malta refuses to accept NHS app as proof of jab” – Authorities in Malta are insisting that all travellers over the age of 12 carry a printed Government letter to prove they have been fully vaccinated, MailOnline reports
“COVID-19 led to 800% increase in domestic violence complaints” – Israel has experienced eight times as many domestic violence complaints during the coronavirus era, according to the Jerusalem Post, including 13 women who were killed by their partners, a 160% increase on 2019
“Censorship Kills” – Barry Brownstein reports on how Big Tech has moved to censor the evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein for AIER
“The Truth about Excess Deaths” – In the AIER, Amelia Janaskie and Ryan M. Yonk look at the recent study of the National Bureau of Economic Research which found that “following the implementation of shelter-in-place policies, excess mortality increases”
“Led By Science: The COVID-19 Origin Story” – A Republican Party hearing into the origins of COVID-19, featuring contributions from Steve Quay, Richard Muller, David Asher and many more
“Wuhan lab researcher linked to military scientists” – NBC reports that “bat woman”, Dr. Shi Zhengli of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, worked with military scientists Tony Yigang in 2018 and Zhou Yusen in 2019, who reportedly died in Spring 2020 after filing the first coronavirus vaccine patent
“This is not a threat to you” – Dr Jay Bhattacharya talks to David Brody of The Water Cooler about the contradictory health guidance from the CDC and the World Health Organisation regarding the Delta variant
“It’s absolutely bonkers” – “If you weigh up the costs against the benefits,” says Toby on GB News, making children self-isolate if someone in their ‘bubble’ tests positive is “absolutely bonkers, completely insane”
'It's absolutely bonkers.'
Toby Young, of the Free Speech Union, says the government were wrong to make school children self-isolate if someone in their class tested positive for Covid.
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