- “Covid chaos to cause even more misery for Britain” – Experts warn the virus’s resurgence could add to travel chaos and disrupt hospitals, schools, post and bin collections, according to the Mail.
- “Barristers vote to strike this month over legal aid funding and teachers threaten to walkout next term unless they get a 12% pay rise – as doctors, binmen and postmen plot to join summer of strikes” – The Mail reports that the Criminal Bar Association, which represents barristers in England and Wales, said several days of court walkouts will begin from next week, as other workers threaten to join the action.
- “How Sweden Got It Right” – Thorsteinn Siglaugsson on his Substack page says Sweden shows that sound decision-making can depend on being indifferent to what others think of you.
- “Fifth largest life insurance company in the US paid out 163% more for deaths of working people ages 18-64 in 2021 – Total claims/benefits up $6 BILLION” – Crossroads Report says the company cites “non-pandemic-related morbidity” and “unusual claims adjustments” in explanation of losses from group life insurance business.
- “Employment tribunal rules Long Covid sufferer is legally disabled” – In a landmark employment tribunal ruling, Terence Burke has been given permission to bring a case of disability discrimination against his former employer, reports the Mail. Is that the sound of floodgates opening?
- “The Lockdown Advocacy of Devi Sridhar” – When the next great health crisis presents itself, the WHO pushes for lockdowns again, and the major media empires need some great excuse to order people back home to be glued to the screen, the expertise of these compelling pundits – now with real media experience – will need to be called upon again, says Jeffrey Tucker at the Brownstone Institute.
- “More airline pilots tell of vaccine injuries and say many are still flying” – The number of pilots speaking out about their vaccine injuries is dwarfed by the number of pilots who are still flying despite experiencing concerning symptoms – but not speaking out because of what they describe as a culture of intimidation within the aviation industry, writes Kathy Gyngell in TCW Defending Freedom.
- “Trainee officer drew lines on lateral flow Covid test to get time off” – The Mail reports that Ahmed Anwari, a trainee with Lancashire Constabulary, told the force that he had to self-isolate at home after testing positive on the lateral flow.
- “Serious COVID-19 Cases Rise Fast in Heavily Vaccinated Israel” – With severe cases on the rise, up 70% since a week ago, Israel is at risk again of yet another surge despite high vaccination and booster rates, reports TrialSite News.
- “Norway Study: Use of Dexamethasone in COVID-19 Patients Leading to Superinfections” – A team of scientists recently concluded that Covid treatment dexamethasone appears to increase the risk of superinfections in patients with SARS-CoV-2, reports TrialSite News.
- “COVID-19 Dashboard: Updates will be weekly after Friday July 1st 2022” – From Friday July 1st 2022, the COVID-19 Dashboard will move to weekly reporting, which will be published every Wednesday at 4pm commencing on July 6th.
- “What the Leaked EMA Emails & Docs Reveal: Major Concerns with Pfizer C-19 Vaccine Batch Integrity and The Race to Authorise” – According to an expert who spoke to TrialSite News: “Panic overruled scientific integrity, and an arbitrarily lowered batch acceptance standard was adopted for the sake of meeting a politically motivated deadline. To date, this issue remains unresolved and could be the underlying cause for the enormous variation in the rates of adverse events and deaths observed for different manufacturing batch numbers in the CDC VAERS and other databases.”
- “Health experts panic over monkeypox deaths (because there aren’t any)” – While nobody has yet died ‘of’ monkeypox, how long before we begin to hear of people dying ‘with’ it, asks Roger Watson in TCW Defending Freedom.
- “Winter blackout fears spark dash for coal across Europe” – The Netherlands, U.K. and Germany scramble to stock up on the dirtiest fossil fuel, reports the Telegraph.
- “FINA’s trans ruling is a return to common sense” – Sport is segregated by sex, and for good reason — women would win very little in open competition with men, writes Debbie Hayton in UnHerd.
- “Tom Hanks and the woke assault on cinema” – The idea that only gay actors should play gay characters is philistine nonsense, says Ella Whelan in Spiked.
- “Mr Kipling to give ‘inclusivity’ training to staff ” – Premier Foods, the food giant behind Mr Kipling cakes, Bisto gravy and Bird’s custard, is to offer “trans inclusivity” training to its staff, alongside online training on menopause and maternity coaching, reports the Mail.
- “Actor Simon Callow attacks Stonewall, the LGBTQ+ group, over trans self-identification” – Simon Callow, the actor and veteran gay rights campaigner, has condemned the “strange turn to the tyrannical” taken by Stonewall on self-identification for transgender people, the Times reports.
- “There is no transgender debate” – It has descended into a shouting match, says Debbie Hayton in the Spectator.
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