The UK has announced a fresh suite of draconian Covid restrictions, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning they could be in place for six months. But, like all previous attempts, the new rules are worse than useless. You’ve all heard the new rules by now, so I won’t analyse the …
Read More »2nd nationwide lockdown remains nuclear option against Covid-19 – UK Foreign Secretary Raab
Kay Burley of Sky News asked Raab about the arsenal of measures the government is prepared to enact to fight Covid-19. Raab replied: “The reality is they will be more intrusive or could end up in a national lockdown,” but “that is what we want to avoid.” When asked again …
Read More »Washington & Beijing in standoff at UN over Covid-19 as Trump blames China for spread of coronavirus
“As we pursue this bright future, we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world: China,” Trump said in a pre-recorded speech filmed on Monday in Washington. The president also slammed the World Health Organization, which he claimed is “virtually controlled by China.” “The United Nations …
Read More »A second UK Covid-19 lockdown is doomed to fail: Brits have no faith in their leaders anymore and won’t comply
A looming second lockdown in the UK, as part of the Government’s haphazard approach to dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, is destined to fail for one reason: the revered ‘Blitz spirit’ that we’re all in this together has vanished. Now it’s everyone for themselves. For several days now, there has …
Read More »‘Covid-19 doesn’t infect during business hours?’ Britain’s planned bar & pub curfew mocked online
Pubs, bars and restaurants in England will be forced to close their doors by 10pm starting from Thursday, UK media reported. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce the new rule in parliament on Tuesday evening, along with other additional measures to fight Covid-19. Britain’s coronavirus alert level was …
Read More »CDC publishes, then DELETES, new guidelines warning of aerosol Covid-19 transmission, contradicting WHO
“It is possible that [Covid19] may spread through the droplets and airborne particles that are formed when a person who has [Covid-19] coughs, sneezes, sings, talks, or breathes. There is growing evidence that droplets and airborne particles can remain suspended in the air and be breathed in by others, and …
Read More »Top UK scientists urge govt to protect most vulnerable from Covid-19 instead of carpet-bombing virus
British scholars penned an open letter to PM Boris Johnson, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, as well as health chiefs in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, asking them to urgently reconsider the current epidemic strategy. Authored by Oxford professors Sunetra Gupta and Carl Heneghan, as well as Karol …
Read More »The Covid-19 ‘rule of six’ is a joke, and if Boris thinks the police will do his dirty work in enforcing it, he’s wrong
One thing you learn fast in the police if you are clever is that the best way to get a large group of people to do something they don’t want to do is by appealing to their goodwill and common sense. That’s how the traditional British Bobby did it. It …
Read More »UK to crack down on Covid-19 rule breakers, impose fines up to 10,000 pounds on those who defy self-isolation orders
The new mandate will go into effect on Sept. 28 in England, and government officials are in talks to expand it to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, British media outlets reported. Fines will start at 1,000 pounds and rise to 10,000 pounds for repeat violators. Self-isolation orders will apply to …
Read More »Trump expects Covid-19 vaccines will be available for ‘every American’ by April 2021
Three vaccines are “already in the final stage” of testing, Trump told reporters at Friday’s press briefing, noting that “brilliant” US doctors and scientists have been working round the clock since January. The announcement clarifies remarks made at Thursday’s briefing, where Trump and Atlas spoke about “hundreds of millions of …
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