News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
There is no evidence that shielding benefited vulnerable people during the Covid pandemic, according to a study, with the high rate of in-hospital transmission blamed for the failure of the policy.
Anything the Covid emergency can require, the activists learnt they could do for the planet. In fact, both parties learnt from each other, with the climate experience providing valuable lessons for virus fanatics.
The lockdowns did not improve health outcomes. They did devastate economic outcomes. The conclusion is undeniable, and now a new study confirms it once more. Lockdowns were a disaster and failed to achieve their goal.
Hospital patients are being denied visits from loved ones by trusts using outdated Covid restrictions, as analysis reveals 70% of NHS trusts still have pandemic visitor restrictions in place.
The source of America's lockdown rules has been tracked down, and it turns out Twitter's former 'chief censor' Vijaya Gadde is an adviser to it.
Sweden has decided against authorising Covid vaccines for children aged 5-11, the Health Agency said today, arguing the benefits do not outweigh the risks.
Denmark is to lift all remaining pandemic restrictions in the next few days, despite rising reported infections, as Omicron hospital admissions and deaths remain stable – the first EU country to do so.
Chris Hopson, the Chief Executive of NHS Providers, says the Government may have to draft in "tighter restrictions" in order to save the NHS from being overwhelmed by a surge in Omicron cases.
The former Head of Health Analysis at the ONS has accused Mark Drakeford of deliberately exaggerating the severity of the Omicron variant to justify tighter Covid restrictions.
On December 27th, the Welsh Government will re-impose a series of new Covid restrictions in an attempt to curb the spread of the Omicron variant.
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