News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Professor Neil Ferguson says that the success of the U.K.’s vaccine rollout means life will feel more normal by the summer, though we will still “not completely back to normal”.
Boris Johnson recently said there was a “very good chance” all Covid restrictions would come to an end on June 21st, yet mask-wearing and caps on numbers at large events could stay in place beyond the “end” of lockdown.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has rejected calls to speed up the exit from lockdown and has admitted that rules on mask-wearing and social distancing could stay in place beyond June 21st.
A member of SAGE has suggested that the Government should learn from the Black Lives Matter movement in how to make mask-wearing and social distancing “an inherent part” of attending sports events.
A new study from MIT shows that social distancing is no protection from indoor transmission because the aerosols fill the room. However, the assumptions about the protection offered by masks are bizarre.
Twenty two leading scientists and health experts, including three Lockdown Sceptics contributors, have put their names to a letter calling on the Government to end all restrictions on June 21st, including mask wearing.
A parliamentary committee has said that one of the causes of "a pandemic of mental health problems" among children was the closure of playgrounds in the first lockdown.
A Weimar court has prohibited two schools from imposing mask-wearing, "social distancing" and rapid testing of pupils, saying that these measures are not only unhelpful but are "extremely harmful to human coexistence".
SAGE have released papers today claiming social distancing and masks must remain in place for another year to avoid another wave of deaths this summer at levels seen in January, despite the high vaccine take-up.
Lord Sumption has warned that masks and social distancing could last for years, saying it is "unrealistic" to expect the Government to remove these "emergency" measures soon since the public has become so used to them.
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