“Vaccines tsar Kate Bingham can’t travel abroad because she had trial jab” – Dame Kate Bingham is among an estimated 40,000 Britons unable to leave the county because she took part in early vaccine trials, and, according to the Telegraph, the NHS computer system doesn’t recognise the trial jabs
“Price rises speed up again as economy unlocks” – The inflation rate has hit 2.5% in June, the BBC reports, the highest for nearly three years and exceeding the Bank of England’s target for a second month in a row
“It’s our patriotic duty to live as freely and boldly as we can” – “I’m sick of being told that I am selfish, irresponsible or uncaring because I want my offspring and their contemporaries to enjoy the rich, exciting, full and, yes, unmasked life which they need to flourish,” says Allison Pearson in the Telegraph
“Yes, care-home workers must be vaccinated” – “Mandatory vaccinations for care-home staff does not set a dangerous, dystopian precedent,” writes Brendan O’Neill in Spiked
“Farewell, Liberté” – “Freedom for the French will from now on be loosely defined as freedom to do what you think is best, as long as the state agrees,” says Richard Ings in the Conservative Woman
“The Tyranny of Masks” – Psychologist Dr. Gary Sidely is the guest on Escape from Lockdown, explaining to host Alex McCarron why the Government mandated masks and why some scientists are obsessed with them
“France Takes To The Streets” – Hugo Talks covers the protests in France that followed President Macron’s speech announcing vaccine passports would be required for pubs, clubs, restaurants and shops and hinting that the jab could become mandatory
“Spain’s top court rules pandemic lockdown unconstitutional” – Spain’s Constitutional Court has ruled by a narrow margin that the Government’s measure last year ordering the population to shelter in their homes was unconstitutional and a violation of citizens rights, the Associated Press reports
“In Athens, thousands rally against COVID-19 vaccinations” – More than 5,000 anti-vaxx protesters, some them waving Greek flags and wooden crosses, rallied in Athens to oppose Greece’s coronavirus vaccinations programme, Reuters reports,
“More young Canadians died from ‘unintentional side effects’ of the pandemic, not Covid” – The Toronto Sun reports on the latest data from Statistics Canada which says that there were 5,535 excess deaths of people under the age of 65, but just 1,380 Covid-related deaths in that age group, suggesting that the excess mortality is related to other factors, such as substance use
“Some strip clubs to require vaccine passports for entry” – Filmores near Sherbourne and Dundas in Toronto have said that all dancers will be vaccinated, as will all other employees, the Post Millennial reports, and the establishments expect the same of their guests
“No Victory Lap For Governors Who Locked Down America” – James Bovard responds for the AIER to Andrew Cuomo’s recent statement that his experience of the COVID-19 crisis “was a tremendous personal benefit” and Governors now have a new “credibility” and a new “status”
“South Africa’s Looting, Violence Reflect Inequalities Exacerbated by COVID-19 Pandemic” – The violence and looting in parts of South Africa reflect “deep-seated problems” in the country’s economy, say Gabriele Steinhauser and Aaisher Dadi Patel in the Wall Street Journal. “A third pandemic lockdown is exacerbating economic pain and joblessness that has disproportionately affected the poor”
“Is the vaccination emperor as naked as his lockdown cousin?” – Ramesh Thakur takes a look at pre and post-vaccination mortality data from the European Union for Spectator Australia and finds that “the total number of COVID-19 related deaths more than doubled in the six months following vaccination compared to the six months before”
“Enough is enough. We have to live with the virus” – Pathologist Dr. Clare Craig is nervous about what might happen come autumn, but, she tells Mark Dolan on talkRADIO, she doesn’t think people will tolerate another lockdown
"Enough is enough. We have to live with the virus."
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