- “Experts question No 10’s plan to vaccinate 16 and 17 year olds” – Microbiologist Professor David Livermore tells MailOnline that he can see “no good reason” to prioritise vaccinating this age group.
- “When, where, how, parental consent – all your questions answered ” – As health chiefs have unveiled plans to give 16 and 17 year-olds a dose of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of the month, MailOnline answers questions about the roll-out to youngsters.
- “Long-lasting Covid symptoms rare in children” – Research suggests that children who become ill with Covid mostly recover in less than a week, BBC News reports.
- “Portugal to lift quarantine for Brits with Indian-made AstraZeneca jab” – Portugal had initially refused to recognise the Indian dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine but overnight it emerged the Government has changed its mind and will recognise the jab, reports MailOnline.
- “Are Covid Restrictions the New TSA?” – Richard Hanania highlights the worrying parallels between the government reactions to 9/11 and Covid, and why some children might be permanently masked.
- “Anti-vaxxers pretend to be vegan to avoid having the Covid vaccine” – As people fake that they are “ethical vegans” to avoid the Covid vaccine, animal rights activists say everyone eligible should get vaccinated, reports Euronews.
- “Family describe ‘holiday from hell’ after being forced into quarantine” – Andy Stanton spent £4,000 on a family break to Zante but, despite a negative test at the airport, he was told by authorities he and his family must quarantine because the result was wrong, according to MailOnline.
- “The war on breathing” – We should be wary of a morality forged by fear, says Laura Dodsworth in the Spectator.
- “Tale of two nations is lesson on lockdowns” – While Australia slides into its own Covid crisis caused by the new, more transmissible Delta, Sweden has shown that there is another way, says Professor Angus Dalgleish in the Daily Mail.
- “China’s worst Covid outbreak in a year is escalating” – China recorded 71 new infections on Wednesday, the highest daily figure since January, reports MailOnline. And with local transmission and 500 new cases since July, its zero Covid strategy is on the brink.
- “Turn back, I beg you, from Project Fear – my letter to the PM” – “I genuinely believe that when you entered politics you had every intention to uphold and preserve democracy,” writes Gavin Singfield in a letter adressed to Boris Johson, published in TCW Defending Freedom. “It is now abhorrently apparent that you and your Government are its greatest-ever threat in the U.K.”
- “Covid origins and the consipracy of silence” – “The mainstream media has fallen in line with a ‘consensus’ it now appears was manufactured and ruthlessly enforced by agents who were far from impartial,” writes Collingwood in Bournbrook Magazine.
- “French firefighters’ and hospital unions declare strikes against ‘unconstitutional’ vaccination mandate” – Two French unions have called for strikes against the compulsory vaccination of firefighters, healthcare workers, and caregivers, RT reports.
- “New York’s vaccine passport scheme could have a nasty side effect” – Vaccine rates vary dramatically between different races in the United States, meaning that New York’s vaccine passport plan could have unintended consequences, writes John Fund in the Spectator.
- “Covid contracts: minister replaced phone before it could be searched” – The Government is expected to disclose Lord Bethell’s correspondence relating to award of £85 million of contracts for Covid tests, the Guardian reports.
- “Why don’t you get a jab? Offspring drummer ousted after refusing Covid vaccine” – Pete Parada says “it has been decided that I am unsafe to be around, in the studio, and on tour” after turning down treatment on medical grounds, the Guardian reports.
- “Who will call out Covid’s prophets of doom?” – The experts who said ‘Freedom Day’ would be a disaster were catastrophically wrong, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
- “Here it is: The actual data on which the CDC’s new mask guidance is based” – ‘Allahpundit’ looks at the study that caused the CDC to U-turn on its mask-wearing guidelines in Hot Air.
- “No sex, please, you’re unvaccinated” – “For those who weren’t in a relationship when the pandemic broke, the last 16 months have morphed into an enormous Covid chastity belt that keeps acquiring additional layers of armour plating,” writes James Jeffrey in the Critic.
- “Covid Tyranny Destroys the Myth of ‘Liberal Democracy’” – “Any rhetorical value that once came from appealing to the façade of ‘liberal democracy’ should now be dead,” writes Tho Bishop.
- “Hydrogen boilers could cause four times as many explosions as gas” – Safety fears as Government-backed assessment finds the alternative fuel could spark as many as 39 blasts a year, the Telegraph reports.
- “House of Lords Doubles Down on Equalities Training Enforcement” – The House of Lords’ equalities training hasn’t gone as smoothly as planned, reports Guido Fawkes. In April it was revealed almost 60 members had refused to participate in the £82,158 compulsory training course.
- “Transgender lifter Hubbard retires after controversial Olympic debut” – Laurel Hubbard, who transitioned in 2012, has announced her retirement and said “age has caught up with her” after she failed to record a single valid ‘snatch’ lift in the 87kg+ weightlifting category, reports MailOnline.
- “Australia’s zero Covid policy has been an absolute disaster” – “Only 15.5% of the Australian population have been double ‘jabbed’ which is why the’yre reacting in this completely hysterical way,” says Toby in an appearence on talkRADIO.
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