40% of Brits are still taking Covid tests and wearing masks, three years after the nation was plunged into its first lockdown, as zero-Covid fanatics call for a new mask mandate amid a rise in infections.
Commenting on the Boris Johnson trial, Spectator editor Fraser Nelson comments that "it’s not just right but important that politicians end up ensnared in the traps they set for others".
As a survey shows 93% of Icelanders still believe all the restrictions of the last three years were justified, Thorsteinn Siglaugsson wonders what it will take for us to avoid repeating the same mistakes over again.
Boris Johnson has today published his long-awaited ‘partygate’ defence, ahead of his appearance before the Privileges Committee tomorrow afternoon.
Every time one pupil tested positive in a class, the whole class was sent home for two weeks. Now we know Matt Hancock rejected advice to cut the isolation period to five days just to save face. Did he not care?
Many studies have documented ‘learning loss’ under lockdown. But what about intelligence itself – did that decline too? Yes, a new study finds that German children's intelligence test scores fell considerably.
Much that happened from March 2020 was panicked. But was there an ultimate aim to the chaos, namely to make way for a 'saviour vaccine' that would only be accepted if the public had had 'the pants frightened off them'?
The Lancet is pushing the dangerous theory that people are worth no more than rats – and it's an idea being woven in the WHO pandemic treaties, warns Dr. David Bell.
China is to resume issuing visas to foreign tourists for the first time since the Covid pandemic broke out three years ago as the country moves back to normal.
A heavily-criticised study that concluded lockdown saved 3 million lives in Europe has been cited 2,779 times. More-rigorous studies concluding lockdown had little impact have garnered far fewer citations.
