There were 90 more deaths among 15-19 year-olds in summer 2021 than in summer 2020, but only 9 Covid deaths. Have the vaccines killed nine times as many teenagers as Covid this summer, or is there another explanation?
Philip Pilkington has written a good piece in UnHerd today in which he points out that lockdown – not Brexit – is to blame for the lack of drivers that is causing shortages of petrol and other goods.
The Premier of New South Wales has resigned over an investigation by the state's Independent Commission Against Corruption into her conduct between 2012 and 2018 that "constituted or involved a breach of public trust".
Scotland Yard has been prompted to issue advice about the powers held by the police and for those approached by an undercover officer, with a former Senior Officer saying: "If you're really concerned dial 999."
A study published earlier this year found that 30% of severe COVID cases were linked to a recent hospital visit. Now researchers have shown that air filtration/UV light can remove the virus from hospital wards.
There's a terrific interview with lockdown sceptic hero Lionel Shriver in the latest issue of the Critic in which she rails against the attempts by the authoritarian left to police novelists and literature.
