Day: 29 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.

"The ONS survey results on prevalence shows that the Scottish and English approach to masking although formally different since July has made no meaningful difference to Delta" – Prof Jim Naismith

The JCVI has recommended that the six month wait between receiving the second dose and the booster jab should be cut in half.

We're publishing a guest post on the Daily Sceptic by law professor David McGrogan about the latest assault on children's welfare – banning parents from nativity plays for 'public health' reasons.

Many U.K. firms are moving away from holding traditional Christmas parties in favour of hosting smaller gatherings following the emergence of the Omicron variant.

In a referendum that took place on Sunday, more than 60% of Swiss voters expressed their desire to keep the country's vaccine passport system.

October's age-standardised mortality rate was about equal to the five-year average – slightly lower in fact. This suggests that many of the non-Covid 'excess' deaths we've seen recently are due to population ageing.

The omicron variant will lead to chaos in schools, with the bated 'bubbles' set to return at insistence of militant teaching unions.

We're publishing an original essay on the Daily Sceptic by Mike Hearn about the problem of 'pro-social bias' in online opinion polls, meaning the support for the Covid restrictions in opinion polls is probably overstated.