“Nicola Sturgeon drops Covid elimination strategy” – The Scottish First Minister has allowed that if the vaccines have “broken the link” between cases, admissions and death, there is no need for “aggressive” lockdowns, the Telegraph reports
“Why children and COVID-19 is an ethical minefield” – “If my children were still infants or young teenagers today,” says Alison Pearson in the Telegraph, “nothing on God’s Earth would persuade me to allow them to have the Covid vaccine”
“Important Letter Regarding Informed Consent” – The Inform Scotland group has written to various regulatory and governmental bodies in Scotland to raise concerns that the principle of informed consent is being ignored in the vaccine roll-out
“The rise of vaccine virtue-signalling” – Few things make Portia Berry-Kilby “swipe left faster”, she says in the Spectator, than a reference to vaccination in someone’s dating profile. “Please let us not mistake a vaccine shot for a personality”
“Let down by the pro-vaccine sceptics” – “Pro-vaxxer liberalism is also heroically optimistic,” says Paul Collits, “if they think that vaccines and vaccine passports will persuade governments to ease off on lockdowns”
“Is this the future anyone wants?” – The Conservative Woman‘s Kathy Gyngell highlights a video showing a “dystopian future, of monitoring, control and zero freedoms”
“A post-Covid boom? Not so fast” – “Pundits are getting a little carried away by the signs of a rapid economic bounce-back,” writes Phil Mullan in Spiked. “But it is too early to draw strong conclusions”
“Papers, Please! Oregon Now Requires Proof of Vaccination” – “Oregon finally ended its ‘outdoor’ mask mandate, a full year and a half into Covid Mania,” Jordan Schachtel reports. “But in exchange for ‘granting’ citizens the freedom to breathe fresh air, they will now be forced to show ‘proof of vaccination’ if they want to participate in society”
“Asian deaths will push Covid toll over 2020” – The outbreaks in Asia mean the number of COVID-19 fatalities this year will overtake 2020’s total within the next three weeks, according to the Times
“Hanoi closes restaurants, salons as COVID-19 threat mounts” – Hanoi’s chairman Chu Ngoc Anh has announced the closure of hospitality businesses, except for takeaway services and told residents that they must “absolutely stop entertainment activities, physical exercise and large gatherings in parks”, the VNExpress reports
“The President! What Did he Tell Us?” – A video from the Brave Wilderness YouTube channel in which President Joe Biden and Dr Anthony Fauci extoll the virtues and benefits of vaccinations for everyone over the age of 12. Travel is one of them, although they warn that you’ll still have to wear a mask in transit even if you’ve been vaccinated
⚠️ If Govt still keeps restrictions in place after 21 June because “there is still a risk of getting the virus and spreading it on” (as a Govt source told @Telegraph today), then restrictions will be with us forever… (1/2) pic.twitter.com/ob6ceBVh8N
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