How to Manufacture a Pandemic
How do you get people to take expensive medicine against something that hits them on average once a year and lasts a few days, like a cold? By manufacturing a pandemic, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.
How do you get people to take expensive medicine against something that hits them on average once a year and lasts a few days, like a cold? By manufacturing a pandemic, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.
The pandemic has finally been declared over in Germany – but freedom will never be the same, because now we know it can be withdrawn whenever a sufficiently 'scary' virus is at large.
President Joe Biden declared the COVID-19 pandemic is "over" in a statement that led to questions about why the Government continues to enforce federal mandates and seek more funding to fight the disease.
To ensure policy failure on such a scale never happens again, those of us who oppose them need concrete proposals that could be implemented by a parliament and which address the root causes of the failed policies.
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act to crack down on Freedom Convoy protests, which includes empowering banks to freeze the personal accounts of protestors.
Despite the record number of UK reported infections and despite hospital admissions rising in the past few weeks, Covid ICU occupancy has barely budged since the summer, and even declined in the past two days.
Following the Australian state of Victoria introducing new emergency powers, thousands have taken to the streets of Melbourne to protest.
Scotland Yard has been prompted to issue advice about the powers held by the police and for those approached by an undercover officer, with a former Senior Officer saying: "If you're really concerned dial 999."
The Prime Minister's spokesman says it would be "irresponsible" to allow the Government's 'temporary' powers to expire, as ministers hope to renew the Coronavirus Act for a further six months.
The Government is preparing to extend the Coronavirus Act, granting ministers 'emergency' powers, for a further six months, but recognises that a number of Tory MPs are "reluctant to support it".
