Climate hobgoblins have been long in the making whereas Covid ones crawled out of nowhere. But both put corrupted science in the service of tyrannical politics. Now, at last, the hobgoblins are fading, says Tilak Doshi.
A Net Zero 'nudge unit' that used scare tactics during the Covid pandemic has received a £100,000 contract from the Government to encourage the public to take up heat pumps.
The Covid "lessons learned" report from the U.S. House of Representatives is right to condemn lockdowns, says Dr. David Bell. But why then does it want to give more power to the WHO?
The claims by Government Covid adviser Susan Michie that she never advocated use of fear to influence behaviour are contradicted by her published statements and papers, says Dr David Seedhouse.
Government advisers now falsely claim never to have supported pandemic fear messaging. Nonsense, says Laura Dodsworth, who kept the receipts and sets the record straight.
We all remember the harrowing "Look them in the eyes" messaging campaign, aimed at terrifying the populace into compliance with Covid restrictions. Now, Dr. Gary Sidley exposes the people behind it.
Asymptomatic people with Covid are only responsible for a tiny fraction of spread, a study in the Lancet has found, exploding a myth that formed a key part of pandemic social distancing policies and fear messaging.
Paul Stevens has written a postcard from California for the Daily sceptic. Despite the mask mandates being lifted, some Californians continue to wear masks, having become habituated to the humiliating ritual.
Britain has been drilled to comply with lockdown under a future pandemic through wearing face masks and working from home, the Chief Executive of the Government's 'nudge unit' has said.
The planet should be ready for a disease "even deadlier" than Covid, the WHO has warned. Even deadlier than 0.2% fatality rate? Goodness. Fortunately, we have the WHO to lock us in our homes till the vaccines are ready.
