Day: 21 June 2022

Scientists have told the Telegraph that the Delta Plus variant will not lead to a summer of chaos – leave that to the unions.

According to a team of researchers in Australia and Singapore, Russia faked the trial data for its Covid vaccine. Yet before the invasion of Ukraine, orders worth £7 billion had been placed from all over the world.

A new study on cheap, repurposed Covid treatment ivermectin has concluded that its findings "do not support the use of ivermectin" to treat COVID-19. However, this conclusion is at odds with its findings.

Elon Must has fired the authors of an open letter criticising his leadership of SpaceX. But isn't he supposed to be pro-free speech? The NY Post's Karol Markowicz has written a column explaining why that's a red herring.

According to leaked Facebook papers, some employees are unhappy with the tech giant for not censoring dissent from climate change orthodoxy, referring to this as a "bug" in the platform's content moderation policies.

Nature was once the world's most prestigious scientific journal. Yet in the last few years, it has become increasingly woke. The latest example is a bizarre article suggesting fat people contribute to "diversity".

An international report by the WHO found two years of restrictions have led to "significant mental health consequences", especially for young people, with mental disorders up more than a quarter since 2019.

The monsoon season has started in Bangladesh, and the climate Armageddon stories are making their annual appearance in the press. Facts, however, are thin on the ground.

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.

In this week's episode of London Calling, the talking points are the rail strikes, the French election results, the European Court of Human Rights, Julian Assange, Lightyear, Siderhead, Emergency and Liar Liar.