Boris Johnson told the Covid Inquiry he hesitated to trust the apocalyptic predictions of Neil Ferguson's models because of his poor record from previous viruses. He was right to do so, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.
Scientists at the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have demanded the power to set global climate policy as they despair at the slow pace of climate action.
With a background in writing and editing and a long involvement in politics, Boris Johnson knows how to spin a yarn or two. Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson attempt to translate some of his Covid Inquiry statements.
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter has told the BBC that Covid infections were dropping before lockdown and he "really, really regrets" not having evidence sooner that closing schools was pointless.
COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber sent the alarmists scrambling for damage limitation this week when he said there was "no science" that says phasing out fossil fuels will limit global warming at 1.5°C.
Lord Stern's official climate review found that if the world did nothing it would make us just 5% poorer. As with Covid, the cure is clearly worse than the disease – even for those who accept the official 'science'.
There is no solid proof masks ever slowed the spread of Covid and they may have made things worse, England's former Deputy Chief Medical Officer and now UKHSA boss has said.
Angela McLean, the Government's Chief Scientist, told the Covid Inquiry that the U.K.'s 'circuit breaker' lockdowns in 2020 cut Covid infections. That's not what the data show, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.
Fourteen years ago, the BMJ was instrumental in exposing fraudulent medical research. Now, it simply toes the establishment line. Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson write an obituary for the once fearsome watchdog.
The Washington Post recently launched a spiteful attack on last year's Nobel Physics prize winner, Dr. John Clauser. But it backfired spectacularly when it called on the services of a fake 'Nobel Laureate'.
