More segregation?
“Death free” is obviously an exaggeration, since yes, some people are still dying. But take a good look at this chart. The red line is deaths, the grey line is cases. In every previous wave, deaths surged about two weeks after cases surged. This time? Not happening: COVID deaths lag confirmed COVID cases by 2 […]
Tiny aerosol particles flow through gaps in most masks.
“If we don’t do it now…when will we ever do it?”
No more prosecutions for murders during the Troubles?
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 […]
A top UK doctor and public health consultant told an RTÉ panel that “we have no evidence of the effectiveness of masks in a community setting,” and said that masks have been rolled out without proper evaluation. Dr. Allyson Pollock, who was formerly the Director of the Institute of Health and Society at Newcastle University, […]
The point of the media – the reason it exists – is to report the news to the public. Our job, as journalists, is to pull together relevant information about the things that are happening in the world, and present it to you, the public, in a way that is accessible, understandable, and accurate. When […]
A fascinating insight, here, into how difficult it is going to be for Governments to open up fully. The UK Government announced last night that from July 19th, facemasks would no longer be mandatory in England. A cause for celebration, you might think? Not so fast: The majority of Britons say face masks should continue […]
By “all” restrictions here, they really do mean “all” – no more facemasks, no more social distancing, no more restrictions on pubs and nightclubs and concerts or sporting events. When the Premier League returns after the ever-shorter football offseason, they’ll have full stadiums. The only remaining restrictions of any kind, it seems, will be some […]
Covid-19 accounted for less than 1 per cent of fatalities last month in England.
The number of abortions being carried out on women in England and Waled continues to increase, with 209,917 abortions performed in 2020 – the highest number on record, according to new figures from the Department of Health. Pro-life groups said that their warnings that making ‘at-home’ or ‘DIY’ abortions more easily available during the Covid […]