News Round-Up
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and...
Day: 27 October 2021
Covid Test Swabs Found Contaminated With Aluminium, Silicon and Dangerous Chemicals
Two new analyses of Covid test swabs find dangerous levels of aluminium, silicon and ethylene oxide, raising questions again about...
Is it Really True, as Climate Change Activists Claim, That 97% of Scientists Agree With Them?
The claim that 97% of scientists believe in man-made global warming is misleading. It's based on a dodgy survey that...
Unvaccinated Set to Be Banned from Berlin Christmas Market
The unvaccinated are set to be banned from this winter's Berlin Christmas Market.
NHS Test and Trace Was a £37 Billion Failure, Report Finds
A recent report has concluded that the NHS Test and Trace scheme was a £37 billion failure for the taxpayer.
U.S. Vaccine Panels Approve The Pfizer Vaccine For Five-to-Eleven Year-Olds.
In the United States, Advisory boards on the FDA and CDC have approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine for...
Experts Are Worse Than Non-experts at Forecasting Cases and Deaths, Study Finds
The epiforecast group at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine recently held a competition to forecast cases and...
Pressure Mounts on the UKHSA to Stop Publishing Data Showing Infection Rates Higher in the Vaccinated
Cambridge statistician David Spiegelhalter – assisted by the Times – joins calls for the UKHSA to stop producing "completely unacceptable"...
