News Round-Up
22 April 2026
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The public has been urged to stay at home as a cold snap sweeps Britain in advice reminiscent of the Covid lockdowns.
Lockdowns could have been "avoided entirely" during Covid had ministers more quickly imposed "stringent restrictions" such as social distancing and face masks, the COVID-19 Inquiry has concluded.
Experts have issued an urgent call for lockdown-style social distancing ahead of Christmas Day amid surging flu infections, claiming that a fifth of those infected have no symptoms but can spread it.
Anthony Fauci will testify before Congress today about his role in the (mis)management of the pandemic. Expect him to admit he made up social distancing rules and thinks the virus may well have originated in a lab.
Scientists and MPs have demanded that all remaining Covid warning signs are removed because they serve only to remind the public of the "futility and madness" of restrictions.
Jeffrey A. Tucker reflects on the persistence of pandemic-related measures, such as social distancing signs and floor stickers, long after the Covid emergency has faded.
Dame Jenny Harries, head of the U.K. Health Security Agency, suggests the U.K. will adopt a Swedish-style approach to social distancing in the future, focusing on voluntary measures and transparent risk communication.
"If we ignore high-quality evidence, we arrive at the conclusion we want." Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson say that the Royal Society lockdown report authors appear to fully understand the politics.
A major new review from the Royal Society has concluded that lockdowns and masks were “unequivocally” effective against Covid. But many of the authors are based in China and it was peer-reviewed by Neil Ferguson.
Was the response to Covid effectively a coup by Western intelligence agencies? Michael Senger says yes, but Eugyppius argues they were caught up in Covid hysteria like everyone else.