The UK Government claimed asymptomatic people testing positive for COVID-19 were just as likely to infect others. But a HUGE new study says they were 68% less likely to pass the virus on. Talk about misinformation!
Boris Johnson is guilty of misleading the House of Commons and, even more seriously, of putting the lockdown laws on the statute book in the first place, framing them in such a way as to criminalise everyday interaction.
When you enter a healthcare facility you could think you had entered a time warp and were back in the bad old days of lockdown 2020: gallons of hand sanitiser, Perspex screens, masked staff and even security guards.
Who will suffer most if civil unrest breaks out? According to Hollywood's post-apocalyptic dramas, it would be middle-class pantywaists. But in reality, it would be the feral underclass who are first up against the wall.
At Davos, NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg said we shouldn't sacrifice “long-term security needs” for “short-term economic interests”, citing trade with Russia and China. But this framing is too simplistic.
Three economists describe how pro-lockdown scientists and their lackeys in the mainstream media (aka 'fact checkers') set about trashing their paper which concluded lockdowns had little or no public health benefits.
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.
