- “Pfizer boss tests positive for Covid for second time in a month” – The Mail reports that Dr. Albert Bourla, who has been vaccinated four times with his company’s shot, revealed on Twitter he had tested positive again but was “feeling well and symptom-free”.
- “New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern says ‘disinformation’ should be controlled like ‘weapons of old’, guns, nukes” – Reclaim the Net reports the latest censorious ravings from the lockdown-loving New Zealand PM.
- “Autopsy findings from COVID-19 Vaccine victims – fatal damage from vaccine induced spike protein” – TrialSite News with an informative video from Dr. Michael Palmer, a physician and microbiologist from Canada, on what autopsies show about how the vaccines kill.
- “Gates or Germany? Who ‘Owns’ the WHO’s COVID-19 Response?” – Fascinating article in Brownstone from Robert Kogon showing that based on the size of financial contributions and contrary to popular belief, the driving force behind the WHO’s vaccine-centric COVID-19 response was not Bill Gates but Germany – a major beneficiary of BioNTech’s massive vaccine profits.
- “When Did Trump Change His Mind about Lockdowns?” – Jeffrey Tucker in Brownstone reviews the reality of Trump’s backing for lockdowns, which while often reticent, was real – as Georgia’s Governor discovered when he moved to reopen in April 2020 and earned a slap-down from the President.
- “Difficulties Diagnosing Infection in the Very Elderly: Tales from the Front Line” – Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson on Trust the Evidence write that if there’s one thing they’ve learnt it’s that there’s no time to waste when diagnosing and treating the very elderly.
- “The People’s Project with Stanford’s Jay Bhattacharya” – Watch a special episode of the People’s Project with Stanford’s Jay Bhattacharya and retired Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations Professor Ramesh Thakur.
- “Coroner slams government as A&E doctor denied face mask died of Covid” – The Mail reports that the A&E worker and father-of-three Peter Hart, 52, fell ill at the start of the pandemic in April 2020 at a time of PPE shortage, and the coroner has now ludicrously blamed his lack of face mask for his death.
- “Net Zero adviser in clash with Truss over fracking” – The Telegraph reports that Liz Truss’s Net Zero adviser, the Conservative MP Chris Skidmore, has warned fracking will be a “non-starter” and “not an opportunity for Britain” compared to emerging renewable technologies.
- “Disinformation Behind Censorship Demands” – Michael Shellenberger writes that Democrats demanding censorship are themselves spreading misinformation about climate change and energy.
- “Who is Bill Rice, Jr. and why should I read his Substack?” – Daily Sceptic contributor Bill Rice, Jr. has started a Substack page that is well worth subscribing to.
- “The Real World is now the Woke World” – Dr. Roger Watson in the Salisbury Review writes that we have entered an age where “subjectivity trumps objective facts, where decibels outweigh debate and where rhetoric will always be superior to reason”.
- “Italians have dealt another blow to the establishment” – Tom Slater in Spiked says Giorgia Meloni isn’t a threat to Italian democracy – the European Union is. Watch Meloni outline her anti-woke outlook here.
- “When did love of God, family and country become ‘far right’ and ‘fascist’?” – Giorgia Meloni appears to be the wrong kind of women for the woke Left, says Archbishop Cranmer.
- “Trans charity faces watchdog scrutiny amid child chest-binding revelations” – The Telegraph reports that the Charity Commission is to assess “allegations involving young people” concerning children’s transgender charity Mermaids.
- “RAF admits ‘mistakes were made’ over recruitment diversity drive” – The Mail with an update on the story last month that the RAF’s head of recruitment had refused to follow an order to prioritise particular candidates because she believed it was “unlawful”.
- “Letter from 250 health professionals and scientists presented to @10DowningStreet today Urging @liztruss pause C19 jab rollout for healthy children, while a thorough and independent safety review is undertaken” – Watch the group deliver their letter. Also watch Mark Steyn cover the story on GB News. And watch Dan Wootton interview Dr. Aseem Malhotra on his call for the complete suspension of mRNA vaccines.
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“demand employers offer IVF”
Fake news headline to get people worked-up about Gen Z. It’s clear from the article content that it’s about what might attract employees, not what they demand.
“family benefits are important or very important for retaining employees”. Is that any different from recent generations?
I tend to agree. I’d love it if my employer could afford to offer private healthcare so I wouldn’t need to use the NHS, but we looked into it and it’s pretty expensive unless your workforce is predominantly young – and of course there’s no opt-out from paying for the NHS so it’s double bubble.
“A survey from family health company Maven Clinic revealed an ever-increasing list of demands including…….”
A marketing punt by Maven as predictive programming to soften up the employers and encourage the employees by normalising this. I am no longer an employer – glad I don’t have to deal with this nonsense. Most people are reasonable and appreciate some leeway when they need it. Support of co-workers through the absence of someone in need is the key – the business has to function and its co-workers who take up the slack.
Why would any company wish to provide a benefit that would encourage staff absences such as IVF treatments?
Load of boll ox.
I’m OK with providing benefits that make good workers want to stay with the firm and where flexibility from the employer is repaid in kind by the staff. That has generally been the case where I work, but we may be exceptional. I think there’s an issue with providing a benefit that not everyone can take advantage of equally though so I prefer to give people flexibility when they need it and pay people a decent wage which they can decide to spend on whatever is best for them.
I thought the same. A survey from family health company … looks awfully like this family health company seeking to market its own products.
The employer can always refuse.
Too many covid
? Can’t get pregnant?
This is a completely unscientific observation but all of my duly multi-perforated relatives seem to have a much harder time with whatever the next ‘variant’ happens to be than I do. They’re still getting really sick because of it in periodic intervals while this has meanwhile developed to being (sometimes very annoying) nuisance for me.
Adam Smith pointed out that all wages are the same.
You either get your IVF, but less money in your pay packet, and reduced holiday entitlement, or no IVF and more pay and holidays. You choose.
In the high tax1960s/70s (thanks to Labour then and coming back again thanks to Labour) company cars became popular, as at the time they were not a taxable benefit.
Employees accepted lower wages plus car because overall it worked out better for them. Similarly, days off in lieu of payment for working overtime, or in teased holiday entitlement instead of pay increase were popular as this could not be taxed.