“What happens next?” – “It is the measures that we would dismiss now that ought to concern us. They can be imposed in an astonishingly short period of time, accepted, and then applauded by the nation,” argues Jamie Walden, who imagines that Covid restrictions may soon become even more draconian in Bournbrook Magazine.
“Omicron is a horrible dilemma for zero-Covid China” – “Omicron is the end of the road for China’s zero-Covid policy. The Communist Party cannot plausibly suppress a variant that spreads with lightning speed through asymptomatic cases that escape surveillance,” writes Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the Telegraph.
“‘70% of Omicron has not mutated to evade vaccines or natural immunity’” – The promising Italian study found that while the new strain has more than triple the micro mutations as Delta, there are still large swathes of the virus that remain vulnerable to the immune system, reports MailOnline.
“Over 13,000 operations cancelled due to Covid pandemic” – “More than 13,000 planned operations have been cancelled in the past two months, according to a report outlining the pressures facing the NHS,” reports the Times.
“If you say you’re mask-exempt, you are!” – A little loophole in the law says that you do not need to provide physical proof, like an exemption card, to show that you don’t have to follow mask mandates, says Liz Hodgkinson in TCW.
“Nonsensical Covid rules are making a return” – Britons have largely accepted the reintroduction of restrictions until we better understand Omicron, but their patience won’t last forever, argues Telegraph View.
“Most indoor events to be cancelled amid new Covid restrictions” – “Hundreds of sold-out events are expected to be cancelled at venues across the Republic of Ireland this week as new public health restrictions for the Christmas period came into effect today,” reports the Times.
“The death of the social justice warrior” – In Bournbrook Magazine’s latest video essay, S.D. Wickett narrates one of his previous articles discussing how social justice politics first began as a joke, then quickly became hegemonic.
“Santa’s in another vaccine advert” – In a new NHS advert seeking to promote the vaccine, Santa Claus, played by actor Martin Kemp, is seen being administered a Covid jab while saying that “vaccines are the best form of protection to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe”.
Martin Kemp stars as Santa Claus in a new NHS advert promoting the Covid vaccine.
The video shows Santa cleaning his suit, trimming his beard and getting vaccinated.
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