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26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Deaths in 2023 ran 20% above expected levels with much of it due to mortality from non-respiratory causes (e.g. heart problems) running way above historic levels since early 2021. Why are so many people dying early?
Flu is back with a large and early surge, leading several Southern California hospitals to begin using overflow tents to cope with a rising number of patients with respiratory illness. What's driving it?
The latest data from the ONS shows that prevalence has been falling in London since the end of last month. This is the same time as last year, despite no lockdown being imposed this time.
A late autumn surge in reported Covid infections is underway in Europe, despite high vaccine coverage and the heavy use of vaccine passports. So what does the winter have in store?
Do Covid outbreaks happen when enough people become infectious at once that the virus becomes ubiquitous and unavoidable? Is that why lockdowns don't stop it?
Most of the time Covid bubbles away in the background not doing all that much, but occasionally there's an explosive outbreak. What causes these to start and stop so abruptly? Here's a possible answer.
We're publishing an original piece on Lockdown Sceptics by a retired Professor of Forensic Science and Biological Anthropology and an epidemiologist asking whether the recent case rises falsifies the seasonality hypotheses
Some countries have seen infections rise during the summer, leading to doubts about COVID-19's seasonality. However, a new study confirms that transmission is influenced by temperature, humidity and UV radiation.
It's well-known that flu-like illness including COVID-19 is seasonal. What drives that seasonality is less well understood. Is it temperature, sunlight, humidity? A new suggestion is that pollen plays an important role.
Should showing a vaccine passport be a condition of accessing outdoor sporting events? No, says Dr Noah Carl. The level of population immunity is high, and the risk of outdoor transmission is low.
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