- “Met Police were wary of a high-stakes pursuit of the PM … but then the evidence became impossible to ignore” – Officers decided they had no choice to act after being handed Sue Gray’s initial findings into alleged lockdown-busting parties at No 10, the Telegraph reports.
- “Covid rules broken in ‘most homes’, claims MP defending Boris Johnson” – Conservatives rally round the Prime Minister, making the unlikely-to-fly argument that those who make the rules shouldn’t have to keep them because nobody else does, according to the Telegraph.
- “UK’s Covid cases and deaths remain flat but admissions plunge again” – Another 94,326 positive tests were recorded across the U.K. in the past 24 hours, according to Government dashboard data, which was virtually unchanged from the figure last Tuesday, reports the Mail.
- “Is this why some people get sicker than others with COVID-19?” – Why are some people affected more severely by infections, including Covid? It’s a question that’s perplexed scientists but now they think they know part of the answer at least: autoantibodies, according to the Mail.
- “Jacinda Ardern to make rapid antigen tests free, tightens NZ’s mask rules ” – Jacinda Ardern has banned a slack New Zealand habit of wearing a t-shirt pulled up over the nose, or a bandana or scarf as a face mask as it prepares for an expected surge of Omicron cases, reports the Mail.
- “Beware the Covid turncoats crawling out of the woodwork” – James Delingpole in TCW Defending Freedom looks at the recent shift in narrative and the unlikely suspects suddenly having a change of heart over the wisdom of lockdown restrictions.
- “France’s Vindictive Covid Strategy: Make Life Miserable for the Unvaccinated” – In his targeting of the unvaccinated population, President Macron has taken France down the road of Austria, Germany, and Italy, writes Alex Story in National Review.
- “Will the UK be the first Covid domino to fall?” – There are signs England could be the first domino in what might be a long line leading to the liberation of Europe from Covid tyranny, with Ireland the second, writes Roger Watson in Politicalite.
- “The real reason Australia kicked out Djokovic” – Laura Perrins in TCW reviews the scandal of the politically-motivated banishment.
- “Unjabbed nurse: I’m sad and angry that I may lose the job love” – Mark Sharman in TCW Defending Freedom on the vaccine mandate protests this week and the stories of those whose careers are on the line.
- “Portrait of a Pandemic: Panel Lambasts U.S. Failures of Covid Care” – Mary Beth Pfeiffer in TrialSite News reports on Senator Ron Johnson’s alternative Covid panel.
- “Dr. Aaron Kheriarty explains why doctors are extremely hesitant to write medical V exemptions.” – Watch the medic explain the threats they have received from the authorities over issuing exemptions for Covid vaccines, masks and other pandemic impositions.
- “Damned lies and statistics: China records four Covid deaths in two years” – Luke Perry in Bournbrook on China’s implausible Covid figures.
- “FDA Limits Use of Certain Monoclonal Antibodies to Treat COVID-19 Due to the Omicron Variant” – The FDA has revised the authorisations for two monoclonal antibody treatments to limit their use due to the Omicron variant.
- “Health Ministry experts back fourth Covid vaccine dose for over-18s” – Advisory panel recommends second booster when five months have passed since third shot or recovery, reports the Times of Israel, despite the recent Government study finding no benefit.
- “State judge overturns NY mask mandate” – A New York judge ruled Monday that the state’s mask mandate can’t be enforced, after it was reinstituted by Gov. Kathy Hochul over concerns about a winter surge of coronavirus cases, reports AP News.
- “Forcing vaccinations on NHS staff leaves the health service at the mercy of future variants” – There is no logic mandating a policy that will lead to the loss of tens of thousands of healthcare professionals when what is needed it to build up capacity for future emergencies, writes Katie Musgrave in the Telegraph.
- “Jacinda Ardern is martyring herself and her country – and all for a failed Covid strategy” – Despite a high vaccination rate and a milder strain of Covid, New Zealand continues to delay the inevitable – with terrible consequences, writes Matthew Lesh in the Telegraph.
- “Care homes chose ‘safety’ over compassion and it’s nothing short of barbaric” – “I cannot recognise the nation where such a scandal is taking place,” writes Allison Perason in the Telegraph. “Yet I know that heartless place is our country.”
- “‘It’s time to get tough on anti-vaxxers and make them social pariahs’” – “Enough is enough,” writes the delightful Polly Hudson in the Mirror. “As Boris Johnson scraps restrictions to save his own skin, we need to convince everyone to get a Covid jab. And that means hitting them where it hurts.”
- “EV Recharge Hell for Climate Activist Heidi Harmon” – Share the pain of a deep green activist politician who desperately wants to attend a climate change rally, but misses out because of her useless electric vehicle, writes Eric Worrall in Watts Up With That?
- “Jamie Oliver’s ‘offence adviser’ leaves a bad taste in my mouth” – Even one of the nation’s most successful TV chefs doesn’t feel safe in the woke minefield we’re now forced to navigate every day, writes Celia Walden in the Telegraph.
- “Quebec has announced that unvaccinated citizens are not allowed inside of large stores unless accompanied by a Health Warden who will monitor them to ensure that they do not purchase anything except for food and medicine” – I wonder if those who make these rules ever pause for a moment of self-reflection.
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