News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
There’s no way that China’s lockdowns passed a cost-benefit test, let alone a basic human rights test. But it’s hard to explain all the data if you assume they had no impact on viral transmission, argues Noah Carl.
Why have COVID death rates been so low in East Asia? One factor that's often mentioned is lack of obesity. But this can’t explain more than a small part of the difference between East Asia and the rest of the world.
Boris Johnson's former chief adviser Dominic Cummings has thrown his latest blast at the Government for not being enough like China and locking down faster and harder. But has he got his facts right?
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