The phrase ‘smoking gun’ is oft-overused, but it is surely appropriate in relation to the report in the Daily Telegraph newspaper that the UK government struck a deal worth £119m with an American advertising company, OMD Group, urging people to ‘Stay Home, Stay Safe’ a full three weeks before Boris …
Read More »Flu away: Scientists baffled at disappearance of influenza… but is it really gone, or just masked by Covid-19?
Although there is no mass testing for flu as there is for Covid, the WHO says that surveillance of data from around the world shows flu rates collapsing everywhere. Australia essentially ‘skipped’ their flu season this year, with not a single case reported since July (their peak). In fact, flu …
Read More »Maduro says Venezuelan scientists developed medicine that ‘cancels 100% of Covid-19’ with no side-effects
“I want to say that Venezuela has developed a medicine that annihilates 100 percent of the coronavirus,” Maduro said on Sunday, describing it as a “highly effective antiviral.” It was designed by the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), which has been working on a cure for the virus for …
Read More »Pence’s chief of staff tests positive for Covid-19, VP not infected – spokesman
“Vice President Pence and Mrs. Pence both tested negative for Covid-19 today, and remain in good health,” spokesman Devin O’Malley reported on Saturday evening as he confirmed that the VP’s right-hand man, Short, had contracted the virus. Pence is not expected to cancel any of his scheduled events in light of …
Read More »Anti-lockdown protesters smash police cars in Naples after new Covid-19 restrictions announced (VIDEOS)
Chanting “Freedom!” the angry crowds marched through the city streets on Friday night, with some hurling bottles, smoke bombs and other projectiles at the officers. Others attempted to erect barricades using garbage containers and set some of them on fire. Police deployed tear gas as they tried to disperse the …
Read More »Slavoj Zizek: We should look to how Cuba coped with the fall of the Soviet Union to deal with our new Covid world
Europe is now paying the price for its summer complacency, when we hoped that coronavirus would be ‘burned’ by the heat. While the epidemic diminished, it did not disappear. Life opened up somewhat, though, and there was a relief that the worst seemed to be over. Now, in the autumn, …
Read More »‘That’s not a plan, dude’: Biden ripped for saying best way to battle Covid-19 is to ‘wear a mask all the time’
“I would make sure everyone was encouraged to wear a mask all the time,” Biden said at Thursday’s presidential debate while discussing his potential plans for ending the pandemic, which includes more rapid testing and national standards for states reopening their economy. Trump has mocked Biden for his near-constant mask …
Read More »11 arrested at anti-Covid lockdown protest in Dublin, police violently clash with demonstrators (VIDEOS)
Nine of the people arrested have been charged with public order offenses, as the protest breaks lockdown restrictions, which only allow citizens to leave their homes for essential trips. Law enforcement attempted to block a crowd at Grafton Street and ordered the demonstrators to disperse as they were “in breach …
Read More »Covid-19 study on mask-wearing efficacy rejected by journals as no one is ‘brave’ enough to publish results – Danish researchers
The Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the American Medical Association Journal all turned down the paper, Danish media reported on Thursday. The study, which began in late April, involved 6,000 Danes, half of whom were asked to wear masks at all times in public places. The other …
Read More »Lockdown till a Covid vaccine comes? It’s too long to wait, and there’s no guarantee it will be effective anyway
Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are all heading into lockdown in one form or another, and restrictions are being cranked up in England and Scotland. Cheerleaders for lockdowns say that we need to keep cases low until a vaccine arrives. But it is becoming increasingly apparent that …
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