At Lockdown Sceptics, we've asked our in-house doctor to take a look at the latest NHS data to see whether we really are on a 'knife edge' because of the Indian variant. Answer: Not even close.
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We're publishing a new piece today by Dr. Sinéad Murphy, an Associate Researcher in Philosophy at Newcastle University, about the lasting psychological impact of lockdowns and the philosophy of safetyism underpinning them.
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In spite of a last-minute lobbying campaign by various SAGE panjandrums to postpone step three of the Prime Minister's roadmap, most parts of the U.K. will be easing restrictions on Monday. Praise the Lord.
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Boris hailed what he called a "very considerable step on the road back to normality" at a Downing Street press briefing this evening, outlining what he's graciously going to "allow" us to do from May 17th.
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We're publishing a new essay by Guy de la Bédoyère about the cautiousness that is preventing the Government from being more bold. Guy traces it to the cautiousness of the modelling teams.
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The Times has published the latest instalment in Jonathan Calvert and George Arbuthnott’s new book, laying the blame for Covid's second wave at the feet of Chancellor Rishi Sunak. But is that fair?
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A reader has written to Lockdown Sceptics to tell us about his family and friends becoming much more blasé about social distancing rules since being vaccinated.
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Rather than attack the government for its poor handling of the COVID crisis, corporate media have opted for a return to a favorite pastime of theirs: union bashing.
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Magical Mystery Cure by Chip Proser I can remember back in mid-March thinking how horrible the pandemic was for Italy and being certain would never been that bad for us over here. (That Trump is in charge must have slipped my mind.) Yesterday Italy reported 1,585 new cases of COVID, bringing the country's total to 293,025 (4,848 cases per million residents). 4,848 cases per million residents is, at least relative to the U.S. pandemic, a very small number.
