My Journey out of Lockdown (part 3)
The final part in Jo Nash’s international lockdown story The situation on the ground in my adopted home of India...
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Covid Superstars #3 – Professor Susan Michie
Despite three national lockdowns in England and similar restrictions in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for nearly a whole year, we are allegedly still in the midst of a public health emergency. One academic who has been visible throughout on numerous TV programmes is Professor Susan Michie.
Internationalism, Africa, and the Real “Covid Deniers”
From the start, it has been clear that lockdowns are a policy which have devastating impacts on the poor. In the West, the poor have been on the receiving end of the suppression of rights to education, work, and a dignified life.
Mortality: The Data
There has been much talk about the Covid death rate in Britain, with statistics and comparisons being thrown about like confetti. Luckily we don’t need to rely on opinion pieces and random stats because the Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces excellent data which we can study ourselves.
My Journey out of Lockdown (part 2)
Jo Nash recounts the second part of her international lockdown story (first part is here) Following the three flight cancellations...
Busting the “Covid Myth Busters”
Oliver has made himself quite a media profile, having written columns for most major newspapers and appearing on BBC and Sky TV, making him an ideal “human face” for the establishment propaganda campaign. But as I will show, these so-called refutations are a mixture of sleight-of-hand, half-truths and straight up lies.
Covid Superstars #2 – Dr Gabriel Scally
If Professor Devi Sridhar is the beauty of the Covid superstars, Dr Gabriel Scally is most definitely one of the beasts.
My Journey out of Lockdown (part 1)
In late December 2019 I travelled to Mexico from my adopted home in India to visit my ex-research student who had since become a professor. The idea was to catch up over the holiday season and then discuss collaborating on some research with a focus on indigenous mental health. By March 2020, those plans had to be abandoned as COVID held the world hostage and Mexico entered lockdown.
The common cold and common censorship
A few weeks ago Toby Young had a column in the Daily Telegraph that came under heavy artillery from the powers that be. Young dared to raise the notion of cross-immunity; Natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2 through previous exposure to other coronaviruses such as the common cold.