News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Prof Carl Heneghan has been called to give evidence to the Covid Inquiry, but wonders what the point is if it has already decided critical questions such as the efficacy of mass Covid testing.
Calvary Chapel San Jose has been ordered to pay fines of $1.2 million for failing to comply with mask mandates and other pointless Covid restrictions between August 2020 and January 2021.
Mask wearing, social distancing and working from home could be introduced by ministers to 'ease pressures on the NHS', as some experts call for Britons to start adopting Covid-era measures.
Law professor David McGrogan has spent Christmas in Japan, where the masked up population still lives in mortal fear of catching Covid, in spite of government efforts to get them to return to normal.
14 year-old Jack Watson has written a piece for the Daily Sceptic about the impact of the pandemic on his education. He says the only lesson he learned in two years is the rules don’t apply to those who make them.
A 2007 pandemic plan from the US Government has come to light, already setting out the intention to ban large gatherings "indefinitely", close schools and businesses and quarantine close contacts to wait for a vaccine.
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.
Masks and social distancing should be mandated or encouraged in public to protect people from possible 'Long Covid', according to a new report commissioned by the U.S. Government.
As tax rises approach to plug the gaping hole in the public finances left by years of lockdowns, it seems the public have learnt nothing as large numbers continue to clamour for new restrictions this winter.
At least five NHS trusts in England have brought back mask requirements due to Covid's autumn resurgence and some are also reimposing social distancing guidelines with threats of visitor bans to come.
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