Kit Knightly Last week it was reported that the Australian state of Victoria may be considering “permanent” facemask mandates to achieve “zero-Covid”. Now, we don’t need to get into the personal liberty implications of such a law, or the near-infinite supply of evidence that masks don’t work to prevent the transmission of respiratory disease. They …
Dr Malcolm Kendrick “The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.” Edward Grey Several years ago, I wrote a book called Doctoring Data. It was my attempt to help people navigate their way through medical headlines and medical data. One of the main reasons I …
Kit Knightly With every new study, with every new paper, the “deadly” pandemic gets less and less, well, deadly. The most recent data review, published in late March, puts the infection fatality ratio (IFR) at 0.15%. That is, once again, pretty much the same as a normal flu season. The new paper is the work …
Daniel Jeanmonod MD I have chosen to write this text in addition to our two earlier contributions because of the development of the “second wave” which came afterward, and in reaction to the current relentless accumulation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs, also called corona, “social” or lockdown measures). These are characterized by separation/isolation of human beings …
Michael Lesher You know how it goes: if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, et cetera…? Suppose an entire society goes to smithereens, while our media elites stubbornly refuse to notice. What then? Suppose the reporters and the pundits and the “experts” ignore the coup that has trampled our basic …
Gillian Dymond In the morning, the world is as the world should be. The sun rises, as predicted for this part of England in early December, at around twenty past eight. Shortly after this, I get up, go through the usual morning routines, have a quick breakfast, wash up, and am at my computer by …
Gavin Phillips This is the largest interference with personal liberty in our history” Lord Sumption Virtually overnight our world has turned into a wasteland of closed towns, deserted streets and a few people scuttling along with masks and stricken faces. It’s a place bereft of imagination, the light sucked out; a padded cell in Psych …
