News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
A victory in the mask wars! Two hospital providers that brought back mask mandates have backtracked and scrapped them following complaints from Daily Sceptic readers and Smile Free supporters.
Will Trump ever admit he was wrong to back lockdown in March 2020 – a decision that doomed America to years of crisis and sank his re-election hopes that year? Jeffrey Tucker is hopeful that truth will finally prevail.
Ben Affleck has told his daughter that she needs to be "realistic" about her demands for mask mandates after the 18-year-old was left "extremely disheartened" by the "ridicule" she received in response.
The Covid Inquiry is right to name and shame Matt Hancock, says Professor Angus Dalgleish. The then-Health Secretary failed to provide the leadership we needed and abandoned the pandemic plan at the first opportunity.
Civil Service "groupthink", Brexit and planning for flu rather than a coronavirus led Britain to be unprepared for the pandemic, the Covid Inquiry has found.
Deaths in the Moderna-vaccinated are up to 50% higher than in the Pfizer-vaccinated, according to data released by the Czech Government. This is serious and must be addressed, says Dr. Clare Craig.
Covid vaccine maker BioNTech has returned to making a loss as vaccine sales tank. Yet the company projects a return to pandemic-level sales in the autumn. Does BioNTech know something that we don’t, asks Robert Kogon.
Trump has picked J.D. Vance, the anti-mask mandate Senator from Ohio, as his VP running mate. Strong move, says Thomas Buckley, and not just because Trump-Vance fits perfectly on a sign.
The mother of a disabled son with a rare heart condition has won a landmark case to prevent the state from injecting him with the COVID-19 vaccine she feared could kill him.
A 2007 U.S. Government document has come to light that reveals how the corporatist state was planning to close schools and businesses and lock down in response to a "potential" pandemic way back then, says Jeffrey Tucker.
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