News Round-Up

“Boris Johnson faces Commons defeat over vaccine passports” – Labour spokesman says making people show proof of Covid jabs for access to venues “costly and impractical”.
“How England is starting to IGNORE Test and Trace” – Experts said the data was reminiscent of the start of the second wave, when the performance of the £37 billion programme also dipped.
“‘Plausible’ evidence that Covid may have been circulating in Italy in October 2019” – Researchers say findings are “interesting” but conclusive evidence of widespread early infection is still needed.
“Covid: Officers told not to check green and amber arrivals, union says” – Passenger locator forms and mandatory tests will not be routinely reviewed in England, a union confirms.
“Suffolk hospital records first Covid death in months” – West Suffolk Hospital has recorded its first coronavirus related death in several months.
“Don’t celebrate the end of lockdown be angry it was ever there at all” – Peggy Grande in the Daily Express with a rousing defence of liberty.
“COVID-19 antibodies detected in 67% of India’s population” – The figure compares with 24% in January and shows how the Delta variant has ripped through the nation of 1.3 billion
“What to expect when attending English theatres from tonight | WhatsOnStage” – Scotland and Wales will follow from next week.
“USA swimmer Meyers withdraws from Paralympics” – USA Paralympic swimmer Becca Meyers, who is blind and deaf, withdraws from the Tokyo Paralympics because she was prevented from bringing her mother and care assistant with her to the Games.
“Keir Starmer to self-isolate after one of his children tests positive for Covid” – One of the Labour leader’s children tested positive on Wednesday lunchtime, spokesperson says.
“More than 150 care homes suffered at least 20 Covid deaths” – Figures released by the Care Quality Commission today showed every care home in the country saw at least one coronavirus death from April last year to March this year.
“Boris beset by technical issues as he takes PMQs from self-isolation” – Hopes of a packed and rowdy chamber for the final weekly session before the summer break were dashed amid renewed concerns about rising cases and the ‘pingdemic’.
“We’ve made a tragic choice to enter a new era of permanent Covid terror” – The irrational shifting of goalposts means there is no logical end to this debilitating state of fear.
“Why the young should tell Boris where to stick his vaccine passports” – Over the last year and a half, Boris’s persistent dithering and consistent U-turns have turned a nation of plucky Brits into cowed, fearful, compliant bots, writes JANET STREET-PORTER.
“Even the vaccinated aren’t safe from the consequences of vaccine passports — Bournbrook Magazine” – If your unvaccinated neighbour can be blacklisted from society then let me assure you that you can be as well.
“‘I never thought this would happen in France’: day one of showing Covid vaccine pass” – Showing a health pass or negative PCR test is obligatory if people want to access cultural venues.
“Parisians split over new Covid ‘health pass’ as France battles fourth wave” – Emmanuel Macron’s new coronavirus passports branded “scandalous” as nation struggles with surge in Delta cases.
“Israeli lab: Some existing drugs could stop COVID at almost 100%” – A Hebrew University of Jerusalem research team found 18 drugs that they felt could be effective in the treatment of patients who contract COVID-19.
“The Fallacy of Climate Financial Risk | by John H. Cochrane – Project Syndicate” – The idea that climate change poses a threat to the financial system is absurd, not least because everyone already knows that global warming is happening and that fossil fuels are being phased out. The new push for climate-related financial regulation is not really about risk; it is about a political agenda.
“New book offers look at trans-activism including toddlers transitioning” – Helen Joyce, who is Britain Editor for the Economist, was prompted to write Trans after speaking with detransitioners who compare their experience to being “in a cult”.
“Parkin probed by council for links between the cake and colonialism ” – Connections between the ginger and treacle cake and colonialism will be probed in research by Leeds City Council.
“Don’t Apologize” – If the mob comes for you, stand up for yourself. A free society demands it.
“California couple whose gender-reveal party sparked a wildfire charged with 30 crimes” – The pyrotechnic device sparked the destructive El Dorado fire, which destroyed five homes and killed one firefighter.
“Facebook cracks down on discussing ‘hoes’ in gardening group” – Facebook’s censors are digging deep – flagging the word “hoe” in a western New York gardening group because they apparently confused the tool for a disparaging term for women.
“Heresies Ep. 5: BBC Bias Exposed – An Insider’s Story” – Former BBC employee Robin Aitken takes Auntie to task for the New Culture Forum.
“The CDC has doubled the number of Covid vaccine death reports in the past week” – Alex Berenson on Twitter points out that the number of deaths following the receipt of a Covid vaccine recorded on VAERS has increased from less than 6,000 to 12,313 in the last week

1/ URGENT.@CDCgov has quietly more than DOUBLED the number of #Covid vaccine death reports in VAERS, the federal side effect reporting system.

CDC now says it has received reports of 12,313 deaths following Covid vaccination in the US – compared to under 6,000 last week. pic.twitter.com/DiAp3XjXAs
— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) July 21, 2021

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