Are lockdown fanatics, who seem unfussed about stunting children's lives with school closures, masks, distancing and endless testing, actually compensating for a lack of real meaning in their lives, asks Fraser Krats.
Dr Gary Sidley sets out the case for why facemasks against COVID-19 are ineffective and harmful and mask mandates in healthcare settings must be dropped without delay.
Vestiges of the Covid regime persist everywhere, either in relation to flying or within countries. The UK is a welcome outlier with respect to the absence of Covid regulations.
In the end, this country, which made a lot of noise about youth mental health prior to the pandemic, does not appear to give a damn about anyone with communication difficulties. Or, for that matter, about young people.
New data show Covid infections and deaths in New Zealand have overtaken Australia in the latest Omicron wave despite ultra-strict mask mandates that were dropped in Australia.
The Editors of the BMJ and the Health Service Journal have said the "pandemic is far from over" and an immediate return to work from home, masks, gathering limits and free testing is needed to save the "dying" NHS.
The COVID-19 pandemic is "nowhere near over", warns WHO Director-General Tedros, as he urges governments to reintroduce measures like face masks to "push back" against a rise in global Covid infections.
A teacher writes that she has quit, saying the lockdowns, masks and testing were bad enough, but the final straw was being told to hide a child's 'gender change' from their parents.
Hospitals have brought back face masks and social distancing following a recent surge in Covid infections and hospitalisations, despite two thirds of Covid admissions being treated primarily for something else.
The NHS dropped its national requirement for face masks in hospitals last month, yet many hospitals continue to insist on them. But why, when the Health & Safety Executive is clear that they do not provide protection?
