Published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday, the paper outlines strategies for circumventing widespread fears over the safety of a rushed-to-market vaccine against the novel coronavirus, providing health authorities with a playbook for coercing a skittish populace. The writers acknowledge that voluntary measures should be tried first, …
Read More »Israel cracks down on protests under Covid-19 ‘emergency’ pretext as country extends lockdown
Passed 46 to 38 in the early hours of Wednesday morning after a marathon debate in the Knesset, the bill will place sweeping restrictions on demonstrations of any kind, banning citizens from attending protests held more than one kilometer (0.6 miles) away from their residence. The legislation was approved along …
Read More »As Covid crisis adversely affects UK’s white working class, it is the middle class’s self-interest that means there is no easy fix
Last week, a report was submitted to the Commons Education Select Committee on how the poorest children in the UK are being severely disadvantaged by the coronavirus crisis with regard to their education, and how this will cause longer-term economic problems for themselves and their communities. The report notes clearly …
Read More »Covid-19 death toll tops 1 MILLION worldwide as pandemic spikes in US, Brazil & Europe
Infecting more than 33 million since first emerging in the Chinese city of Wuhan last December, the global Covid-19 death toll surpassed the one-million mark on Monday night, according to data gathered by Johns Hopkins University. The news was met with a mournful statement from the International Federation of Red …
Read More »Man uses BEDSHEET ROPE in attempted escape from Auckland Covid-19 quarantine facility
The individual, who had been deported from Australia, was holed up in Auckland’s Ramada Hotel for 12 days when he decided to make a break for it. According to officials, a number of sheets tied together were found dangling from the man’s fourth-floor window, suggesting a Hollywood-esque strategy to flee …
Read More »‘We do not consent’: London rally against Covid-19 measures draws huge crowds (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Several thousand protesters assembled at Trafalgar Square on Saturday, with some eyewitnesses claiming that attendance was even higher than the turnout at a similar event held last weekend. Demonstrators held signs, waved British flags and cheered as speakers addressed the crowd. At one point the crowd could be heard chanting …
Read More »Is Australia’s Kim Jong Dan finally on the ropes? An inquiry into his abysmal handling of Covid-19 could signal his demise
There is an old political adage that politicians should never establish an inquiry unless they know the likely outcome. Evidence presented this week at an inquiry into Victoria’s Covid-19 second wave, established by Premier Dan Andrews, suggests that he may have failed to heed this advice. That evidence was so …
Read More »The peak wasn’t the peak? UK & France record HIGHEST-EVER daily rises in Covid-19 cases
The UK recorded some 6,634 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the highest daily figure yet. The country’s total Covid-19 tally has surpassed 400,000 cases, with nearly 42 thousand deaths. The vast majority of the new cases – 5,632 – come from England, the official figures show. Scotland has reported 465 …
Read More »Victoria’s creeping totalitarianism is based on wild overreaction to Covid, and the rest of the world is going down the same path
Americans would be wise to pay attention to what’s going on Down Under. Victorian Premier Dan Andrews has gone on a police-state shopping spree to rival the Patriot Act, recently introducing a bill that gives the state government the power to preemptively detain “high-risk” persons, indefinitely, in quarantine facilities based …
Read More »Europe’s LOCKDOWN will kill more people worldwide than Covid-19 virus, German minister warns
The grim prognosis was made by the German official in an interview with the Handelsblatt daily. The pandemic has already triggered “one of the biggest” hunger and poverty crises across the world, Muller said – and further damage will be done thanks to the measures taken to battle it. The …
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