News Round-Up
28 March 2025
by Toby Young
British Justice Has Been Two-Tier for Decades
29 March 2025
Once a bastion of an evidence-based approach, the BMJ became biased towards lockdown and lost its way, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. History will judge that the lack of debate in its pages was a serious error.
The case of a healthy woman who died 17 days after her COVID-19 jab, and her friend's relentless quest for answers, exposes two years of MHRA negligence, bureaucratic stonewalling and callous disregard for vaccine safety.
Prof Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson write about the appalling treatment of Covid vaccine whistleblower Dr Byram Bridle, the Canadian immunologist who was removed from duties for raising the alarm about the vaccine.
Just 11% of 'flu' cases are caused by the influenza virus – no wonder the vaccines don't work, say Tom Jefferson and Carl Heneghan. But it's convenient for politicians and pharma companies to convince us they do.
'Prevention' will not save the NHS, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. Wes Streeting proclaims it like he's discovered the golden ticket, but so too did every Health Secretary of the past 25 years.
The UK Covid Inquiry, at great expense, has issued recommendations on preparing for the 'next pandemic'. But there is still no call for research into the effectiveness of lockdowns, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.
Five U.S. states are suing Pfizer over false claims regarding the safety and efficacy of its Covid vaccine. Prof Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson say its appalling that we must resort to the courts to protect ourselves.
In 2020, the Cochrane Collaboration delayed its review of face masks and NPIs for six months while pushing out on-message rapid reviews based on low quality evidence. It still won't admit it was wrong.
Health authorities have been ramping up the fear over 'Bird Flu' as WHO reports the 'first death' in Mexico. But the Mexican Health Secretary disagrees, pointing out the man had died from "kidney and respiratory failure".
The dial is slowly shifting on excess deaths, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. Suddenly, it's okay to question the vaccine narrative. In Australia there's an official investigation; in the UK the media are waking up.
The Human Medicines Regulations state that celebrity endorsement of drugs is not allowed. So why are TV doctors in the pay of AstraZeneca promoting vaccines in the media, ask Tom Jefferson and Carl Heneghan.
Prof Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson summarise what they've learned about the pharmacokinetics – how the body interacts with a drug – of the Pfizer vaccine and the 15 questions it leaves them with.
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