- “Covid origins debate intensifies as China releases new Wuhan market analysis” – In a preprint published on Wednesday, researchers from the Chinese CDC said there was “convincing evidence” that SARS-CoV-2 was spreading widely at Wuhan’s Huanan seafood market in January 2020, but it’s not clear how it got there as no virus was found in the 457 animal swabs taken from 18 species, the Telegraph reports.
- “WHO updates COVID-19 vaccination guidance” – The WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE – not to be confused with the U.K. advisory committee) has “revised the roadmap for prioritising the use of COVID-19 vaccines”. Now, low-risk over-18s are recommended to need just three doses…
- “The Irony of Twitter” – Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson note the irony that Oxford’s Bodleian Library has now archived Carl’s Twitter output because of its “lasting research value”.
- “DNA contamination in eight vials of Pfizer monovalent mRNA vaccines” – The latest findings in the vaccine DNA contamination scandal from Dr. Kevin McKernan.
- “‘Woke’ barristers could be struck off after saying they will not prosecute ‘peaceful’ climate change protesters” – A group of barristers could face disciplinary proceedings – including being struck off – after declaring that they will not prosecute “peaceful” climate protesters, the Mail reports.
- “The EU’s Net Zero plan is in tatters – and not a moment too soon” – The bloc is backtracking on its plan to ban combustion engines and Britain should follow suit, says Ross Clark in the Telegraph.
- “Net Zero is a Trojan horse for the total destruction of Western society” – Prepare for a people’s revolution against policies that will abolish choice and impoverish millions, declares Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
- “‘Out of control’ AI is a threat to civilisation, warns Elon Musk” – The Tesla chief and thousands of other academics and tech industry figures have signed an open letter warning that “out of control” development of artificial intelligence could “pose profound risks to society and humanity”, the Telegraph reports.
- “Elon Musk is right to take on the blue-tick elites” – Twitter’s old verification system favoured elite consensus opinion over free expression, argues Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
- “Guy Pearce posts extraordinary letter apologising for his now-deleted tweet about transgender roles – as hundreds of his fans insist the Priscilla, Queen of the Desert star shouldn’t say sorry” – Australian actor Guy Pearce has issued a lengthy apology after sparking a social media firestorm with a now-deleted tweet about transgender acting roles, reports the Mail.
- “Controversial group behind ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’ raised money for firearms training – as other trans protestors pose with guns ahead of march in DC on Saturday” – Despite three nine-year-olds being gunned down by a transgender shooter at a private Christian school in Nashville, activists are still rallying the troops to protest for a ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’, months after raising money for firearms training, the Mail reports.
- “Is the cult of victimhood turning violent?” – The more we incite people to view themselves as victims, and to view others as their tyrannical erasers, the more we will foster division, intolerance, instability and possibly worse, says Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator.
- “Hate crime experts to rule whether English countryside harbours ‘rural racism’” – The English countryside will be studied by hate crime experts to establish whether it harbours “rural racism”, according to the Telegraph.
- “Twitter ‘hate speech’ has not increased under Musk” – Contrary to media reports, the evidence isn’t there, says Noah Carl in UnHerd.
- “The violent rhetoric of trans activists has to stop” – The shooting in Nashville is a wake up call, writes Eliza Mondegreen in UnHerd.
- “Humza Yousaf’s identitarian privilege” – Would Kate Forbes have been celebrated for praying in Bute House, asks Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
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