- “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 teams can vaccinate pupils against parents’ wishes, schools told” – Guidelines say health staff can decide whether children receive a jab without parental consent, reports the Guardian.
- “Will vaccinating teenagers really prevent disruption to schools?” – When you take account of the number of pupils, the modelling behind the decision to roll out Covid jabs for school kids appears to be problematic, writes David Paton in the Spectator.
- “Covid-Status Certification” – Here’s the Government’s response to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s second report on vaccine passports.
- “Dominic Raab and Michael Gove lose out as Liz Truss promoted in reshuffle” – Nadhim Zahawi has also left his role as Vaccines Minister and become the new Education Minister.
- “Innova’s iniquity, Part 1: How test firm flashed the U.K. taxpayer’s cash” – “There appears to be a serial case of scandal surrounding the key people behind the Innova LFT,” writes Sonia Elijah in TCW Defending Freedom.
- “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.
- “NHS doctor, 28, who groomed ’13-year-old girl’ on Kik is spared prison” – A doctor who attempted to groom a ’13 year-old girl’ online has been spared prison after his lawyers blamed his actions on working long hours during the Covid pandemic, reports MailOnline.
- “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.
- “Former Professor of Ethics Dr. Julie Ponesse provides essential lesson on courage and integrity” – Dr. Ponesse gives a talk against mandatory Covid vaccination.
- “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.
- “Mask mandates and vaccine passports are a performance, a taking of the knee to a warped health-and-safety morality” – The illiberal actions of Western nations over Covid are as much about a worrying shift in politics as it is about ‘the science’. Some very basic freedoms that we have traditionally enjoyed are in grave danger, writes Dr. Stuart Waiton in Russia Today.
- “Clearing up misinformation about the spike protein and Covid vaccines” – “If spike is dangerous, might we be endangering people by giving them vaccines that make the body produce spike,” asks ‘Joomi’ in their latest substack update.
- “Coronavirus Ireland: New restrictions ‘may be required’ in the future says CMO, despite very high Covid vaccine uptake” – Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tony Holohan says new restrictions cannot be ruled out and “may be required in the future”, reports the Independent ie.
- “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.
- “Man hands himself in nearly 30 years after escaping prison – because Covid made him homeless” – Darko Desic reportedly said “stuff it, I’ll go back to prison where there’s a roof over my head”, having spent the night on a beach three decades since he went on the run, reports Sky News.
- “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.
- “Police face questions after second motorway protest in 48 hours leads to serious crash” – Concerns have been raised after almost 90 climate campaigners arrested on Monday were able to stage another motorway sit-in on Wednesday, reports the Telegraph.
- “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.”
- “Retired surgeon Dr. Tony Hinton says children must not be given the Covid jab” – “All three of my children have had Covid. They all have high antibody levels. You’re about 27 times less likely to be reinfected with Covid if you’ve had it than if you’ve been vaccinated,” says Dr. Tony Hinton on talkRADIO.
By Michael Curzon / 15 September 2021 • 23.59
