Day: 24 September 2021

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.

Britain is set to join the E.U.'s vaccine passport scheme. "To make journeys easier," according to Government officials. Joining it would also enable ministers to launch a domestic passport system more quickly.

We're publishing a new Postcard today from a Daily Sceptic reader – this one about a trip he and his wife made to the Rhine in Germany and Switzerland. Sounds pretty nice.

Number of people infected with COVID-19 in the w/e September 18th was 11% lower than the previous week, R is now

The cancer patient backlog in the NHS – caused in part by the "stay at home, protect the NHS" drive – could take more than a decade to clear, according to new research – and thousands more will be lost along the way.

Scientific American has published a paper urging Social Justice Warriors not to call themselves 'Jedi' because the Jedi are "prone to (white) saviorism and toxically masculine approaches to conflict resolution".

The U.S. CDC has ignored the verdict of its own Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices that people under the age of 65 who work in 'high risk' settings, including teachers, should not be given booster jabs.

August's age-standardised mortality rate was 2.5% higher than the five-year average. But looking at age-adjusted mortality in the first eight months of the year, 2021 is the sixth least deadly year on record.

We're publishing an original essay on the Daily Sceptic today by Dr. Sinéad Murphy, an Associate Researcher in Philosophy at Newcastle University. She writes about how 'health' has become a largely meaningless word.

Infection rates in the over-40s are now even higher in the vaccinated than in the unvaccinated – and no amount of 'fact-checking' will change that.