We're publishing an original piece by John Tamny, editor of RealClearMarkets, and the author of the newly released book, When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason.
Imperial advocates that masks, Test & Trace and social distancing remain indefinitely. They mention no end date. They want to make this a new normal that lasts forever. This is typical out-of-touch behaviour from SAGE.
A survey of 54,000 people published in the BMJ finds that just 43% of those with Covid symptoms fully self-isolate. This is why lockdowns don't work. Nothing to do with the myth of asymptomatic transmission.
Rishi Sunak has confirmed that he opposed the imposition of a "circuit breaker" lockdown in September due to the impact on people's jobs and livelihoods, but that the "ultimate" decision was Boris Johnson's.
No surge as schools open in the UK, no surge in free states like Texas and Florida – is anyone in Government watching the real world or are they too busy gawping at the huge bell curves in Neil Ferguson's latest model?
As the promise of freedom recedes, events in Britain take a worrying turn, as Boris declares the public "want us, as their Government – and me as the Prime Minister – to take all the actions I can to protect them".
A new study has appeared that shows once more that lockdowns have no discernible effect on Covid infections or deaths, despite their colossal costs and harms.
Europe shared in the worldwide fall-off in coronavirus infections in January but, unlike in the UK, that trend has reversed in the past few weeks, especially in the east. What's going on?
A new UN report finds lockdowns led to 239,000 maternal and child deaths in South Asia while the region suffered 186,000 Covid deaths. When will governments recognise that lockdowns do more harm than good?
Critics of the AstraZeneca panic in Europe have rightly blamed the rigid application of the 'precautionary principle'. But these very same critics have applied exactly the same principle to justifying the lockdowns.
