The Daily Sceptic

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about Covid and other areas of warranted scepticism in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/09/news-round-up-152/ …

The Government could tell pubs and restaurants that don't check the vaccination statuses of their customers to reintroduce social distancing during future 'Covid surges', under new plans.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/08/pubs-could-be-forced-to-reintroduce-social-distancing-during-covid-surges-if-they-dont-check-vaccine-passports/ …

Back in July, ZOE data showed cases in the unvaccinated falling while they climbed in the vaccinated, but this disappeared when they updated their methodology. New data from PHE suggests they were right first time.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/08/phe-data-confirms-that-new-infections-peaked-and-dropped-in-the-unvaccinated-before-they-did-in-the-vaccinated/ …

Most leading Russell Group universities will continue to hold lectures online when the university year starts this autumn, and students at some will be told they must still wear face masks and follow social distancing.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/08/universities-to-continue-holding-online-lectures-and-will-tell-students-to-wear-face-masks-and-to-follow-social-distancing/ …

The NHS waiting list in England could reach 14 million by next autumn, according to a new report by the IFS. And that, it says, is just the beginning: "Much longer waiting lists [could] be with us for years to come."https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/08/nhs-waiting-list-could-hit-14-million-in-england-by-next-autumn-according-to-new-report/ …

Why does data from PHE show that in the under-50s the fatality rate in the vaccinated is 57% greater than in the unvaccinated?https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/08/alarming-data-from-phe-shows-the-fatality-rate-in-the-vaccinated-under-50s-is-57-greater-than-in-the-unvaccinated/ …

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about Covid and other areas of warranted scepticism in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/08/news-round-up-151/ …

The Daily Sceptic's in-house doctor says the widely trailed tsunami of hospitalisations has not only not yet arrived after 'Freedom Day', but that we seem to be on the downslope of the ‘third wave’.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/07/the-figures-dont-match-up-to-the-fear-a-doctor-writes/ …

The University of Sussex is boosting its attempts to increase vaccine take-up among its students by offering £5,000 prizes to those who can prove they have had two 'jabs'.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/07/university-attempts-to-lure-young-into-getting-jabbed-with-5000-prize/ …

We're publishing an original article today by Dr Sinéad Murphy, a Research Associate in Philosophy at Newcastle University, on the parallels between witch-hunts and discrimination against the unvaccinated.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/07/the-covid-witch-hunts/ …

I'm a QPR fan and have decided to create a substack blog about following the team this season. After 16 months of writing about COVID-19, I thought it would be a blessed relief to write about football for a change.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/07/subscribe-to-my-qpr-substack-account/ …

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation remains largely opposed to the vaccination of younger teenagers and children, despite having given the green light for the vaccination of healthy 16 and 17 year-olds.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/07/jcvi-remains-opposed-to-vaccination-of-younger-teenagers/ …

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about Covid and other areas of warranted scepticism in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/07/news-round-up-150/ …

PHE's latest technical briefing on the variants of concern has some key data on the performance of the vaccines.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/06/devastating-new-data-from-phe-shows-vaccine-effectiveness-down-to-17-and-no-reduction-in-infectiousness-but-mortality-cut-by-77/ …

Northern Ireland has become the first U.K. nation to extend its vaccine rollout to healthy 16 and 17 year-olds, and reports suggest that young people are "excited" to get 'jabbed'.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/06/northern-ireland-begins-vaccinating-healthy-16-and-17-year-olds-against-covid/ …

If you don’t get vaccinated against Covid, you won’t be able to enjoy your life, young people are told in the latest Government ad campaign which nods to the introduction of vaccine passports later this year.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/06/get-jabbed-or-miss-out-on-the-good-times-government-tells-young-in-latest-ad-campaign/ …

Complaints of "prison-like" conditions at quarantine hotels, costing Red List travellers £1,750 for 10 days, don't seem to have led to any improvements, with one Brit now saying his hotel has a rodent infestation.https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/06/brit-complains-of-rodent-infestation-at-1750-quarantine-hotel/ …

We have published a letter from Iceland in the Daily Sceptic: "High vaccination rates will not bring us back our freedom or save us from the dystopia of a permanent dictatorship run by the public health establishment."https://dailysceptic.org/2021/08/06/a-letter-from-iceland/ …