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News Round-Up

by Luke Perry
13 November 2021 11:09 PM

  • “It will take more than the retreat of Covid to cure our society’s lockdown obsession” – “The virus itself is on its way to becoming just another bug, one of the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to. But the scar tissue where our civil liberties used to be may never fully heal,” writes Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph.
  • “It’s getting bad again” –  S.D. Wickett, Michael Curzon and Luke Perry discuss the enforcement of mandatory vaccination measures in both the U.K. and mainland Europe in Bournbrook Magazine’s regular podcast.
  • “Tesco’s Christmas advert features double-vaccinated Santa” – “At one point, the music stops for a breaking news announcement that Father Christmas could have to quarantine after travelling. Thankfully, Santa arrives at the airport with his Covid vaccination pass and all is well,” reports the Independent.
  • “Nearly 40% of people had depression during the pandemic” – Researchers from Intermountain Healthcare System found that 40% of people reported that they were feeling some symptoms of depression during the pandemic, reports the Mail.
  • “Young people paid too high a price for lockdown” – The manner in which the young were disregarded was all the more extraordinary given that the virus itself posed little risk to their health, writes Telegraph View.
  • “AstraZeneca could go from hero to villain” – “AstraZeneca’s decision to start building in a profit margin on future sales of its world-saving Covid vaccine is understandable, but will inevitably bring criticism,” writes Patrick Hosking in the Times.
  • “I don’t care what time of day my staff work, says IBM boss Arvind Krishna” – “Many months of working predominantly from home under Covid restrictions have prompted office-based employers to reconsider the future of their operations,” reports the Times.
  • “How third vaccine jabs are boosting the chances of a restriction-free Christmas” – Covid-related hospitalisations among the most vulnerable age group are now in a sustained decline, writes Ben Butcher and Joe Pinkstone in the Telegraph.
  • “What it means to experience ‘social death’” – Government is inflicting social death on any who continue to believe their bodies and lives belong to themselves and not the Government, argues Thomas Harrington for the Brownstone Institute.
  • “There’s no hiding from lockdown damage now” – A raft of dire new data suggesting the cure was worse than the disease is a looming political problem for the Prime Minister, writes Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph.
  • “YouTube suspends senator over Covid vaccine video” – “Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson was temporarily suspended from YouTube for allegedly spreading ‘harmful misinformation’ after he published a video discussing injuries related to Covid vaccination,” reports RT.
  • “Designated Criminal” – Reason has been superseded by the need to obey, argues David Mamet in UnHerd.
  • “WHO director shies away from pushing passports for shots that do ‘not prevent Covid’” – Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro questioned the WHO’s Director General Tedros Adhanom on the effectiveness of vaccines and immunity at the G20 summit in Rome, reports Lifesite.
  • “Joshua Kimmich ‘set to miss out on $440,000’ amid strict German rules for unvaccinated workers forced to quarantine” – “Reports from Germany suggest that Bayern Munich’s unvaccinated star Joshua Kimmich could be forced to forgo around €384,000 after being forced into quarantine after he was a close contact of a teammate who contracted Covid,” reports RT.
  • “Matt Hancock book deal will see him tell of heroic role in pandemic” – “The former Health Secretary is in talks with HarperCollins over a blow-by-blow account of ‘heated’ lockdown rows with ministers, aides, scientists and medics,” writers Simon Walters in the Mail.
  • “Missouri Governor considering unemployment for people fired for refusing Covid Vaccines” – “Missouri Governor Mike Parson said his administration is considering providing unemployment benefits for individuals who are fired over federal Covid vaccine mandates,” reports the Epoch Times.
  • “Conservative judges block Biden’s vaccine requirement for businesses” – Panel of judges rules stay of requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers is in the public interest, reports the Guardian.
  • “Letter to British Society of Immunology” – PANDA requested that the British Society of Immunology amend public messaging as it grossly misrepresents the data available on Covid and immunology in general, writes PANDA in a letter to the British Society of Immunology.
  • “COP26: climate activists reported to police after deflating tyres of 4x4s in Glasgow as summit takes place” – The group ‘Tyred of SUVs’ also posted ‘climate violation’ flyers on the windscreens of the vehicles, reports Sky News.
  • “Scottish Government puts tampons in men’s toilets” – “Period products are now being supplied to men’s restrooms visited by Scotland’s transgender civil servants, British media has revealed. The move has apparently been introduced by the cabinet to top up its equality index,” reports RT.
  • “Lockdowns don’t work” – Toby speaks to Talkradio about the ineffectiveness of lockdowns and why another one should not be imposed on England.

Austria is planning to introduce a lockdown for millions of unvaccinated people.

Free speech campaigner Toby Young says lockdowns do not work: "We have very few Covid restrictions in England and cases are declining."@TVKev | @toadmeister pic.twitter.com/RhLR1N3cji

— talkRADIO (@talkRADIO) November 13, 2021
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