Day: 15 November 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.

Boris Johnson said earlier today that a Christmas lockdown was not completely off the cards in a transparent attempt to persuade Britons to get their booster jabs.

In this week's London Calling, the topics under discussion are the COP26 coal deal, the taxi driver who thwarted the suicide bomber and John Cleese's free speech victory at the Cambridge Union.

We're publishing a guest post by two Registered Nurses about the cult-like behaviour of some supporters of the official Covid narrative, particularly when it comes to the treatment of the unvaccinated.

by Professor Roger Watson and Dr. Niall McCrae As scholars at leading British universities over recent decades, we witnessed the replacement of critical thinking and debate by narrative: facts are discrimination and scientific method is imperialism; truth, instead, is derived from ‘progressive’ values. This educational trend may be a major contributory factor to the ease in which society has been inculcated to the Covid ‘new normal’ of masking, testing, and repeated doses of vaccines for a disease of similar risk to severe influenza.   One doesn’t need much critical reasoning to observe the flawed logic of some vaccination enthusiasts, such as people who respond to experiencing any side effects, however debilitating, by saying "at least I know it’s working", or, after contracting the disease despite their promised inoculation (over 90% effective, according to initial drug company claims), "I’d have been worse off without the jab." Perhaps these attitudes have some justifiability. But, especially in light of the fact that none of the purported Covid vaccines is greater than approximately 1% effective at preventing an individual from contracting Covid in terms of absolute risk reduction, it would make more sense to take the opposite view, that the vaccine is not working as well as it should. This week the Manchester Evening News (November 9th 2021) reported the tragic story of Neil Astle, ...

Tesco's Christmas advert has become the most complained about advert of the year so far after featuring Santa using a Covid pass to avoid quarantine.

An inquiry into the deaths of 50 residents in a Melbourne care home has unveiled that existing staff were furloughed, depriving the elderly residents of the basic care they needed.

On Monday, a special legislative session will take place to discuss four bills which would fine businesses and government agencies that introduce vaccine mandates.

Could the Covid vaccines actually be making us more susceptible to COVID-19? Former Google software engineer Mike Hearn explores this issue for the Daily Sceptic.

In an interview last week, Neil Ferguson said that Britain's high infection rate had had the "upside of boosting population immunity". Whether he realised it or not, Ferguson was making the case for focused protection.