News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
A dramatic rise in abdominal cancers among younger people, even those under 45, is sparking alarm among medical experts.
Official stats show that just 162 Italians under 40 died with COVID-19 in 2020. So why was the Government so set on vaccinating them all, ask Prof Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson.
The COVID-19 pandemic has left Gen Z, particularly those aged 18-24, less confident in public speaking, highlighting wider concerns about the pandemic's impact on young people's development and mental health.
More than 28,000 people in England and Wales have been convicted of breaches of Covid regulations, despite the Government’s insistence that it never intended to criminalise people during the pandemic.
Child clinical psychologist Dr Zenobia Storah reviews the desperate accounts of life during the Covid lockdowns for young people and the appalling legacy for their mental health.
As liberal democracies increasingly fail to deliver the promise of greater opportunity and prosperity, the young may be increasingly drawn towards authoritarianism.
Young people are more Left wing than ever, and are not becoming more conservative with age. It's not just wokeness – the Right have failed to address this generation's real challenges, according to Andrew Sullivan.
More than a third of young people feel their life is spiralling out of control following years of Covid restrictions, a study has found, confirming the immense harm inflicted on the young.
Social media, aided by Covid conformity, has led to young people pursuing a toxic perfectionism, where you must be seen as master of life, not for your own wellbeing, but to justify your inclusion in the world.
Vaccine passports do little to stop coronavirus transmission at festivals, but should still be considered anyway to increase vaccine uptake in young people, scientists advising the Government have said.
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