News Round-Up
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.
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.
With only up to 10% greater transmissibility, the latest variant being reported in the news is nothing to worry about.
A new report accuses Pfizer of bullying the governments of developing countries through their Covid vaccine contracts by forcing countries to waive sovereign immunity and allowing the company to restrict dose donations.
Sajid Javid gave the Downing Street press briefing today – the first one in five weeks. The headline news is that the Government isn't implementing 'Plan B', although Javid did add the ominous words "at this point".
Anti-lockdown protestor Debbie Hicks is facing four separate prosecutions for participating in protests before restrictions were lifted on July 19th. Please click on the link and contribute to her CrowdJustice fundraiser.
We're publishing a guest post in the Daily Sceptic by Dr Gary Sidley, a retired clinical psychologist with over 30 years experience working for the NHS. He sets out all the reasons why mask mandates shouldn't be reimposed.
We're publishing a new addition to our long-running series 'Around the World in 80 Lockdowns' in the Daily Sceptic. This time it's a "Postcard From Vienna" from our regular travel correspondent Russell David.
There was plenty of outrage on Twitter yesterday from lockdown sceptics about the renewal of the Coronavirus Act 2020 without a Parliamentary vote, but it isn't the cause for alarm some people believe.
In 2019, nine out of ten people lived in countries with a higher level of mortality than Britain experienced last year. While the change in mortality last year was historically high, the level to which it rose was not.
The Business Secretary says talk about further restrictions is "completely unhelpful", adding that, because of the success of the vaccine roll-out, "I would rule out" there being another lockdown.
