Former Health Secretary Sajid Javid was a champion of vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and pushed for a Christmas lockdown last winter. He must not become Prime Minister.
Researchers analysed a natural experiment in Fargo, North Dakota. One school district had a mask mandate; a neighbouring district did not. However, student case rates in the two districts were identical.
Two scientists in Denmark have written a newspaper article to show that excess mortality in their country during the pandemic was no better than in Sweden despite the Swedes not imposing lockdowns or heavy restrictions.
Kemi Badenoch has entered the Tory leadership race, which is exciting news. She's a smart, hard-working, courageous and properly conservative politician who deserves to be much more widely known by the general public.
Elon Musk has called off his takeover of Twitter, citing failures to provide information on fake accounts, setting up a legal battle with the company which wants to make him go through with it.
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.
