“Use your judgment on masks, Boris Johnson urges public” – The Prime Minister is set to announce that it will be left up to the public whether they wear face coverings, the Telegraph reports, but that shops and public transport may still make it a requirement
“Young adults at risk of bearing worst scars from Covid” – The Institute for Fiscal Studies has said that while the furlough scheme and moving back in with parents has protected many employees, their prospects could take a turn for the worse as support unwinds, according to the Daily Mail
“Queen awards George Cross to entire NHS for courage during pandemic” – The Queen has awarded the George Cross to the NHS, the Telegraph says, the third time the award – granted in recognition of “acts of the greatest heroism or of the most courage in circumstances of extreme danger” – has been given to a collective body
“Ministers could ditch holiday quarantine rule next week” – Ministers could sign off on quarantine-free holidays for double-jabbed travellers returning from amber-list countries as early as this week, according to the Daily Mail
“Javid and Sunak will defeat the lockdown doom-mongers” – “Faced with overwhelming statistical evidence,” says Liam Halligan in the Telegraph, “this numerate duo will convince the Prime Minister to lift remaining restrictions”
“The Government must rethink its panicked policy on schools” – “When in future people worry about rising levels of anti-social behaviour and crime, they should reflect on the importance of school attendance in preventing this,” writes Iain Duncan Smith in the Telegraph. “Enforced and unnecessary absence is failing our children”
“The Government should declare that the Covid emergency is over” – “The Government should do as it promised and follow the data,” says the Telegraph in a hard-hitting leader. It should declare the emergency over and state that “that these are once again normal times”
“Flu d’Etat: The Fumes of Our Freedom” – It is time to take a stand against the “constellation of fraud” perpetrated in the name of COVID-19, writes Omar Khan in his latest broadside
“Pressure mounting on the unvaccinated” – The Government in Greece has made it clear that the vaccinated can gradually regain their pre-pandemic life and rights, ekathimerini reports, and that any future Covid restrictions will be based on vaccination rates and will target the unvaccinated
“Green pass could return if morbidity rises” – Israeli Prime Minister Nafteli Bennett has warned that the Government will reimpose restrictions, including the Green Pass, if Delta Covid cases and morbidity continue to rise, the Jerusalem Post reports
“Biden misses July Fourth vaccine goal” – The Biden administration has failed to reach its objective to administer at least one jab to 70% of the eligible population by July 4th. According to the Washington Examiner. The numbers are around 67%, eight million short
“A Declaration for Anti-Lockdown Reforms” – “If we do not do something to prevent the gross abuses of power that have transpired over the past year and a half, the Fourth of July will cease to have any real meaning in this country and to all those abroad who look to us for inspiration,” writes Ethan Yang at the AIER
“A Faster Drug Approval Process May Be Coming Soon!” – “One of the great lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Raymond J. March at AIER, “is that we can accomplish much without the regulatory oversight drugs often receive”
“Should Anything be Prohibited in a Free Society?” – Writing for the AIER, Dr. Gary M. Galles draws on the work of Leonard Read to reconsider a “crucial question” in the light of COVID-19 restrictions: “Exactly what should we prohibit in society?”
“Fortress Australia, where one Covid case locks down four million people” – “There is relatively little chance of catching COVID-19 in Australia but the stakes are high if you do,” reports James Salmon in the Sunday Times. One 19 year-old Brisbane receptionist tested positive and four million people were placed in a three-day lockdown
“Hundreds of GPs to start offering Pfizer vaccines from today” – Australia is ramping up its vaccine rollout, the Daily Mail reports, as business leaders urge the Government to commit to ending lockdowns and opening international borders by the beginning of 2022
“The Death of Kai Matthews plus Dr. Chris Milburn and Dr. Francis Christian” – On the lasted episode of Trish Wood is Critical, Trish tells the story of Kai Matthews of Nova Scotia. He died of meningitis aged 19 after his local hospital, which was focussed almost entirely on Covid, failed to diagnose it in time
“What We Learned from 2020” – Tom Woods discusses the key lessons to take away from 2020 at this year’s Porcupine Freedom Festival
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