News Round-Up
4 July 2025
The NHS vaccine mandate should be cancelled to prevent staff shortages, the Royal College of GPs has said, as thousands took to the streets across England to protest against the policy.
In its own data, the NHS has revealed that 23% of ICU beds are unoccupied in the middle of January. This is unprecedented in recent history. Normal ICU bed occupancy at this time of year is well over 90%.
Two years into the pandemic, the Pacific island of Kiribati has gone into its first lockdown, after 36 of 54 passengers on a flight – all vaccinated – tested positive for Covid.
We're publishing an original essay on the Daily Sceptic by James Alexander, an Assistant Professor at Bilkent University in Turkey, exploring the new state morality that has emerged as the church has declined.
The Government is considering pausing its plans for compulsory vaccination for health service staff over fears of the mass sacking of more than 70,000 NHS workers.
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.
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