The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has now acknowledged that a prior push to dismiss the possibility that the Covid-19 virus may have escaped from a lab in China had been “premature”. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there had been a “premature push” to rule out the theory that the virus, which has caused […]
An editor with the British Medical Journal, one of the world’s most respected peer-reviewed publications, has co-signed an article saying that the evidence shows the risks to children from Covid-19 vaccines outweigh the benefits, including any benefits regarding reducing infection for adults. “There is no need to rush to vaccinate children against covid-19—the vast majority […]
Public anger.
Tech giant, YouTube, has been fined more than $100,000 by a German court over the removal of a video showing a protest against COVID-19 restrictions. The German paper Welt am Sonntag said the Higher Regional Court of Dresden ordered YouTubetp pay the hefty fine last week, with the court ruling that the platform was given the […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has floated the idea of mandatory vaccinations for all citizens, after already making vaccines mandatory for medical personnel. Speaking during a televised address to the French nation this week, Macron cited the Delta variant of Covid-19 as the reason for the move. The French government declared that all medical personnel in […]
European regulators are now analysing data on rare cases of a neurological disorder which may have arisen among a small number of recipients of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, after United States authorities added a warning label to the jab this week. The US Food and Drug Administration updated its warning labels for the J&J […]
A local council in the UK has been forced to apologise after a library booked a troupe including a monkey costume featuring a bare butt and a large fake penis for a children’s reading event. The Redbridge Libraries Summer Reading Challenge hired an actor in a rainbow-coloured monkey costume with a fake penis and nipples […]
Backlash.
EU could halt pandemic recovery payments.
There is good news here, and bad news. The good news is now that we are a rogue state, the chances of the Americans deciding to launch a pre-emptive strike and liberate us from the tyranny of NPHET or whoever have increased dramatically. The bad news is that it is unlikely that many serious people […]
Raheem Sterling won a controversial penalty in extra-time against Denmark, with many commentators insisting it was a dive. The Manchester City winger fell in the penalty area after Joakim Maehle stuck out his leg, prompting the referee to award a penalty without any help from VAR. Asked by ITV if the referee had been “generous”, […]
“This law makes me feel I am better off dead, I know I’m not, but that’s how it makes me feel,” Heidi Crowter told a large group of people with Down’s syndrome and their families outside British High Court yesterday. Ms Crowter (26) who has Down Syndrome, was speaking on the first day of the […]