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News Round-Up

by Will Jones
25 February 2022 11:30 PM

  • “Covid shrinks on all fronts again as cases fall by a third in a week” – There were another 31,933 infections recorded over the last 24 hours, Government dashboard data revealed, which was down a third on last Friday, reports the Mail.
  • “Covid modellers to explain to MPs why Omicron predictions were so wrong” – Scientists have been called before the Commons committee to spell out why their scenarios predicting huge death figures fell short of reality, reports the Telegraph.
  • “The madness of lockdown” – SAGE adviser Mark Woolhouse tells Spiked why he spoke out against lockdown.
  • “Covid Mission-Creep – Laura Dodsworth on Canadian Authoritarianism, Central Bank Digital Currencies, Mass Formation, Conscientious Objection and More” – In the latest episode of the faith and current affairs podcast Irreverend, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin are joined by A State of Fear author Laura Dodsworth.
  • “Each extra 1% NHS pay rise means 500,000 fewer operations, say officials” – Unions react furiously to Government’s submission to NHS Pay Review Body, which recommends maximum rise of 3% this year, reports the Telegraph.
  • “Ultra-Vaccinated, Locked-Down New Zealand Sees Record Infection Rate” – New Zealand, one of the world’s most vaccinated nations, shattered its infection rate record this week as citizens continued to protest the country’s draconian lockdowns and vaccine mandates, reports TrialSite News.
  • “Tourism vs. Covid Mandates? Zimbabwe Mulls New Travel Restrictions” – Report from TrialSite News that Zimbabwe and Botswana are to insist on Covid vaccination for entry, despite the negative impact it will have on tourism – for reasons that are not really clear.
  • “COVID-19: High Court quashes ‘unlawful’ vaccine mandate for police and defence force staff” – In a ruling released on Friday, Justice Cooke agreed the vaccine mandate infringed on parts of the New Zealand’s Bill of Rights Act, reports RNZ.
  • “A few thoughts on COVID-19 vaccination” – Dr. Malcolm Kendrick gives his take.
  • “We need to talk about underreporting….” – Will insurance companies reveal the real picture on Covid vaccine adverse events, asks HART.
  • “The Disquiet About Disinformation” – Who are governments to complain about disinformation when they tossed out decades of pandemic planning, agreed upon by WHO, CDC, the UK, Europe, Australia, on no new evidence or trials, but simply a panicked whim, asks Omar Khan on Uncommon Wisdom.
  • “Why the culture of fear will outlive Covid” – Western society was paralysed by anxiety long before the virus, says Patrick West in Spiked.
  • “Why ivermectin? Dr Tess Lawrie has the answers” – Watch Dr. Tess Lawrie answer questions about widely used COVID-19 treatment ivermectin on TCW Defending Freedom.
  • “Speech by Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid at the HSJ Digital Transformation Summit” – “Now to get there we need to show people that the app is for life, not just for Covid, and that it will be a future front door for interacting with the NHS,” said the Health Secretary as he told the summit it was important to “build back better” and “build back smarter”…
  • “Even more infectious sub-variant of Omicron is now dominant in England” – The UKHSA says BA.2 is now behind 52.3% of Covid infections, but there is no evidence it is more likely to lead to hospitalisations or better able to evade vaccines than Omicron BA.1, reports the Mail.
  • “UK’s £5.6bn Covid jabs rollout ‘good value’ for money, watchdog says” – The National Audit Office said securing a supply of vaccines early was “crucial” to their success and this helped “to save lives and reduce serious illness and hospitalisation”, despite 4.7 million being binned, in part over clotting worries, reports the Mail.
  • “Anti-racism betrays Asian students” – Skin colour is trumping academic achievement, says Asra Q. Nomani in UnHerd.
  • “The security services have gone woke” – Spies and soldiers should not be promoting identity politics, says Rakib Ehsan in Spiked.
  • “Michael Vaughan: I thought, ‘I don’t need to be educated on race – I’m a good guy’” – The Telegraph carries the depressing spectacle of cricketer Michael Vaughan grovelling before the wokesters and thanking them for reprogramming him.
  • “Neil Young Threatens To Leave Spotify Again Unless Vladimir Putin Backs Down From Ukraine” – The latest scoop from the Babylon Bee.

Neil Young Threatens To Leave Spotify Again Unless Vladimir Putin Backs Down From Ukraine https://t.co/RmeN32QwaX

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 25, 2022

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