“An opportunity to turn the tables?” – “We can refuse to wear masks on public transport and in shops. By simply behaving in a normal, natural way we can, en masse, reclaim a vital human right,” says Our Decision Too.
“Travel bans aren’t the answer to stopping new Covid variant Omicron” – Given that the Omicron variant has already spread beyond southern Africa, a ban on travellers from those countries will slow the spread, but won’t stop this strain in its tracks, writes Anthony Zwi in the Conversation.
“Totalitarian taffy and the new scariant” – “There are overwhelming perversions in the toxicology of Covid policies. And they veer towards enabling the stripping of liberties fecklessly and pointlessly – unless creating an oppressive state structure is your aim,” writes Omar Khan in Uncommon Wisdom.
“Biden caught disobeying indoor mask mandate in Nantucket” – President Joe Biden was caught disobeying an indoor mask mandate this weekend in Nantucket just hours after being ‘fully briefed’ on the new Omicron variant, reports MailOnline.
“A murder most foul” – The impact of lockdown restrictions on the young played a part in the murder of 13 year-old Olly Stevens, argues S. D. Wickett in a narrated article available to listen to on Bournbrook Magazine’s YouTube channel.
“We must reject this Covid safetyism” – “A mask mandate and tighter travel rules may not be a lockdown. But they are a reminder that all these months into this pandemic we are still not in control of our own lives,” writes Tom Slater in Spiked.
“Why many on the left want another lockdown” – There is a lack of empathy for people who do not work in the public sector who cannot bet on having a job once this is all over, writes Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
“Climate: the next Covid” – “The rhetoric surrounding climate change is merging with Covid. That it is a disease to be eradicated at all costs – and the people are standing in the way,” writes Luke Perry in Bournbrook Magazine.
“Benedict Cumberbatch needs to man up about toxic masculinity” – “Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch has shrewdly deduced that ‘men are bad’ and has shared that revelation with the world. Elementary wokeism, my dear Watson,” writes Frank Furedi in RT.
“The Covid theatre” – Julia Hartley-Brewer tweets that: “The Prime Minister and half the Cabinet are currently at a huge lunch in Westminster. There is not a mask in sight (apart from the waiters, of course)… It’s all theatre, folks.”
The Prime Minister and half the Cabinet are currently at a huge lunch in Westminster. There is not a mask in sight (apart from the waiters, of course). Yet tomorrow the PM will make all of our children wear masks in schools. It's all theatre, folks. 🤷🏻♀️ pic.twitter.com/LAPtedaNrK
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