News Round-Up
12 August 2025
RFK Jr is Right to Defund the Development of mRNA Vaccines
12 August 2025
Positive Covid tests fell again today, both compared to yesterday and compared to last Saturday, making it the tenth day in a row reported infections have dropped week-on-week. Can we go back to normal now, please?
Reports suggest that some criticism of the Government on vaccine passports is coming from within cabinet, as the number of Tory MPs expected to vote against the PM’s plans has upped slightly to more than 50.
A raging battle has erupted in the Cabinet over plans for a danger list of countries – an 'Amber watch list' – that could see destinations like Spain and Italy suddenly move to red.
Plans for unvaccinated university students to be barred from attending lectures and from living in halls have been dropped, according to reports, despite Dominic Raab saying no decision would be made until September.
Spectators at music festivals and circuses are being encouraged to get vaccinated against Covid at pop-up clinics, with some offering free food to those who get 'jabbed', in an attempt to boost take-up in young Brits.
Locking older people indoors away from loved ones has left "deep physical and emotional scars", according to Age U.K., with new research suggesting that the health of millions of Brits has deteriorated during lockdown.
A question for Chris Whitty: Given that the WHO, the Department of Health and you – as recently as March 2020 – rejected the suppression strategy, why did you describe focused protection as “wrong scientifically”?
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A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about Covid and other areas of warranted scepticism in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Dr Mark Shaw wonders whether we have reached a turning point, where more and more people are asking whether what is going on really makes sense.
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