“Boris should have declared the pandemic over” – Ministers are reluctant to admit this is as good as it gets and still behave as if Covid can be eliminated, writes Professor Robert Dingwall in the Telegraph.
“Covid safetyism has gone mad” – Policy can’t change the fact that risk is a part of life, writes Adam King in UnHerd.
“Covid-Status Certification” – Here’s the Government’s response to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s second report on vaccine passports.
“We need better plans for the winter ahead” – It is astonishing that more has not been done to boost hospital capacity, reads the lead article in the Telegraph on Wednesday.
“Professor Susan Michie and her politics” – “It seems odd to publicly praise the Chinese ‘system’ in a conversation about the pandemic, and then later act affronted when an interviewer questions the overlap between your political judgement and scientific advice,” writes Jamie Walden in Bournbrook Magazine.
“America’s Covid rules are for serfs, not celebrities” – “Amid the ridiculous outfits at the Met Gala last night, between the faux-socialist in her absurd ‘Tax the Rich’ dress and whatever that was that Kim Kardashian was attempting, stood a row of servants, masked,” writes Karol Markowicz in the Spectator.
“The Meaning of the FDA Resignations” – “How significant is it that the two top FDA officials responsible for vaccine research resigned last week and this week signed a letter in the Lancet that strongly warns against vaccine boosters,” asks Jeffrey A. Tucker in the Brownstone Institute.
“Los Angeles County to Mandate Covid Vaccine Passports” – The most populous county in the United States has announced it will require proof of Covid vaccination at bars, nightclubs, breweries, lounges and related businesses.
“Texas Hospital Faces Closure Over Covid Vaccine Mandate” – The Chief Executive of a hospital in Texas warns that his facility faces closure after President Biden’s announcement that most healthcare workers must get vaccinated against Covid.
“Kwasi Kwarteng blames free market for global warming” – The Business Secretary has blamed the capitalist free market for global warming and says governments have a duty “to legislate and intervene” to protect the environment, reports the Times.
“Institutional cowardice is killing free speech” – “Authoritarian regimes ban dissent outright and imprison offenders,” writes David Aaronovitch in the Times. “In mature democracies, however, there is a different kind of struggle.”
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