Contrary to how it has been used in the Covid pandemic, the 'precautionary principle' has never encouraged the introduction of innovations, programmes or interventions on the basis that they just might do some good.
Camilla Tominey asks whether the time has come for those politicians, scientists and journalists who vilified lockdown sceptics for having ‘blood on their hands’ should to fall to their knees and beg for forgiveness?
Sweden's below average excess deaths in 2020 and 2021 means we should redraft the terms of the Covid inquiry, argues Professor Robert Dingwall. We now have incontrovertible proof that the lockdowns didn't work.
"Did the Government and its scientific advisors implement public health measures that were proportionate to the risk?" asks Graham Stringer MP, co-chair of the new Pandemic All-Party Parliamentary Group.
Professor Robert Dingwall, a member of the advisory group NERVTAG, says that "we have to push on" with unlocking because Covid no longer poses a great threat to society, whereas the "collateral damage" of lockdown does.
Professor Robert Dingwall, a member of NERVTAG, appeared on BBC Radio 5 this morning to talk about the Indian variant, vaccines, models, masks and lockdowns. This is about as sceptical as you will get on the BBC.
