- “Britain records 126,605 Covid cases over last three days” – Government dashboard data showed the infections were a 54% rise on those from last Monday, which also included three days worth of data, according to the Mail.
- “Another Fact Check of the Fact Checkers – ABC News and Ivermectin” – Thorough appraisal of recent misleading claims by ABC about widely-used Covid treatment Ivermectin by TrialSite News.
- “Variant specific boosters fail to elicit variant specific response” – Did NIH researchers just prove the Moderna vaccine leads to Original Antigenic Sin, i.e., it blocks the later development of a broader form of immunity, asks El Gato Malo.
- “Oxford study suggests Covid may cause brain to degenerate three times faster than normal” – The discovery that olfactory-related regions of the brain shrink rapidly after Covid infection may help to explain symptoms of long Covid, reports the Telegraph.
- “Why we must demand that leaders who got Covid wrong admit it and apologise” – As Covid restrictions end around the country, and Democratic politicians pretend that something about the science has changed, Americans must first demand: apologies, writes Karol Markowicz in the New York Post.
- “Paralysed by the vaccine, ignored by the state” – Tony, a father and stepfather to four children, deteriorated and within three weeks of receiving his Covid vaccination, was paralysed, admitted to critical care, given a tracheotomy because his lungs were paralysed too, and placed on a ventilator, writes Sally Beck in TCW Defending Freedom.
- “Only half of people in England have had Covid, No.10 advisers estimate” – Data from Cambridge University scientists, who advise No.10, suggest only 51.8% of people had caught the virus by February 23rd, two years into the pandemic, reports the Mail.
- “16 new ‘Covid genes’ found that raising the risk of severe illness” – U.K. researchers led by scientists from the University of Edinburgh and Genomics England have found 16 new genes which could make people more likely to be sent to intensive care with Covid, reports the Mail.
- “Treatment with Ivermectin Is Associated with Decreased Mortality in COVID-19 Patients: Analysis of a National Federated Database” – Study in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases which shows ivermectin was associated with reduced mortality versus remdesivir of around 5%.
- “Boris Johnson under pressure over Net Zero pledge amid Ukraine crisis” – The Prime Minister announced he will set out a new energy supply strategy in the coming days as he faces pressures to end reliance on Vladimir Putin’s regime, reports the Mail.
- “U.K. risks ‘dystopian economic collapse’ over gas supply, former Tory minister says” – “We’ve got to be careful not to sanction ourselves,” Sir Alan Duncan says, according to the Independent.
- “Michael Kelly Exposes The Implications Of Net Zero” – Paul Homewood promotes a new report by Professor Michael Kelly for the Global Warming Policy Forum examining the scope of the Net Zero project and considering the financial, resource and manpower requirements, concluding that the political and economic upheaval it would necessitate make success a practical impossibility.
- “Rolls-Royce’s plans for mini nuclear power stations take significant step forward” – Regulators to review small modular reactor design as Britain bids to end reliance on fossil fuels, the Telegraph reports.
- “Ukraine War: A Geostrategic Assessment” – A geostrategic assessment of the ongoing Ukraine war from Swiss Policy Research.
- “J.K. Rowling hits out at new bill that ‘will harm most vulnerable women’” – The 56-year-old has said the Gender Recognition Reform Bill, which is going through the Scottish Parliament, would harm women fleeing sexual and domestic violence, as well as those in prison, reports the Mail.
- “What J.K. Rowling can teach Nicola Sturgeon about gender” – “For transsexuals like me,” writes Debbie Hayton in the Spectator, “the Scottish Government’s bill to reform the Gender Recognition Act is a disaster. If passed unamended, the bill would introduce ‘self-identification’, sweeping aside the checks and balances that make the process of changing ones’s gender credible in the minds of the public.”
- “Some companies find it easier to be woke than stand up to barbaric Putin” – After complaining about microaggressions, ethical investors must pressure businesses to leave Russia or risk becoming a laughing stock, says Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
- “US police chief fired for prioritising gay officers and people of colour for promotions” – Mr. Scirotto was the first openly gay chief hired in Fort Lauderdale and also is from a mixed-race background, reports the Telegraph.
- “Instead of teaching children racial and emotional literacy, how about we teach them to be literate?” – Primary school children are being told they aren’t racially innocent but shouldn’t they be taught how to read and write instead, asks Ceila Walden in the Telegraph.
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