Covid Restrictions

China told a WHO probe that no new pathogen was responsible, and blamed the surge on common winter bugs that are hitting harder than usual due to lowered immunity from COVID restrictions. In response, the UK may be considering a return to mandates like forced masking.

Transport for London's promotion of face coverings as a confidence booster raises eyebrows about its psychological impact.
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Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson run a sceptical eye over week two of the Hallett Inquiry. Apparently, the precautionary principle and groupthink trumped the best available evidence when responding to the pandemic. Shock!
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Official sources failed us in the Covid crisis. Now we must think for ourselves, says David Thunder at the Brownstone Institute.
The post Has All the Covid-Related Misinformation Pumped Out by Public Health Authorities Over the Last Three Years Destroyed Public Trust? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

The Sunderland Airshow has been cancelled indefinitely "due to climate change" following three years of being cancelled "due to Covid" in the latest sign that pandemic measures are morphing into climate ones.
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Boris, Hancock, Whitty and the rest who drove the lockdowns will never admit they were wrong as it would be psychologically devastating for them. But in time the world will silently resolve the measures were mistaken.
The post Why There Will Never Be a Reckoning for Lockdown appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Keir Starmer faces a police investigation into his lockdown curry, after repeatedly demanding Boris Johnson should quit for breaching rules.
The post Keir Starmer to be Investigated by Police Over ‘Beergate’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

South Africa has ramped up its restrictions again in response to the recent reported rise in infections associated with new subvariants Omicron BA.4 and BA.5. But is the 'wave' already running out of steam?
The post South Africa Brings in Restrictions to Combat New Variants – But is the ‘Wave’ Already Running Out of Steam? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

After just the first lockdown, data suggest that average primary school pupils in England were 3.6 months behind in maths compared to previous years, rising to almost six months in Yorkshire and the Humber.
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Divide and rule, the cultivation of tribalism, is an insurance policy against successful dissent and the threat of revolution.
The post As Trudeau Cracks Down, the Left Drives Protesters Into the Arms of the Right Once Again appeared first on MintPress News.