A few days ago Tim Farron wrote an article arguing that the Christ-like thing to do is to continue wearing a mask after July 19th. Here I explain why I disagree.
Tim Farron’s article is here.
Category: In the news
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Are ideas dangerous?
Recently someone told me that my videos were “dangerous” because they could encourage people to break the restrictions. But could it be more dangerous to not ask questions?
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When science becomes politics, people die
Over the last 15 months we’ve got used to the sight of social media fact-checkers. But are they impartial and unbiased? And is there a deeper problem going on in the field of science?
Articles I mentioned
- The Scandal of the Suppressed Case for Ivermectin (The Conservative Woman)
- COVID-19: The final nail in the coffin of medical research (Dr Malcolm Kendrick)
- Covid-19: politicisation, “corruption,” and suppression of science (BMJ)
- SAGE and conflicts of interest (Phil Stone)
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Masks and the (ab)use of evidence
In this video I look at the evidence surrounding face masks and some of the complexities involved. At the end of the day, I believe it doesn’t come down to a question of evidence but how we want to be as a society.
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The effect of leadership without courage
Over the last 15 months I think the government have not led us with courage. Unfortunately this has led to just about every institution adopting the same approach.
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Government by consent: comparing seat belts and masks
Over the last 15 months, we haven’t talked enough about government by consent. In a democracy, the government derives its legitimacy from the will of the people. But has that really happened during the pandemic? In this video I compare seat belts with masks to show how government by consent has changed.
As I mentioned in the video – check out the Smile Free website!
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Lockdown has turned us back to superstition
We are often told that restrictions are necessary in order due to worrying variants etc. But is that really “following the science”? I think the lockdowns have rather turned us back towards a dark age of superstition.
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SAGE and the prophets of doom
One of the things we’ve got used to over the last 15 months is headlines telling us scientists warn against – well, just about everything to do with covid. But how accurate are their warnings? And why are they so doom-laden?
Links
- Spectator Data Tracker
- “How did Sage get it so wrong?” by Prof Philip Thomas from Bristol University
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Asymptomatic Transmission: a dangerous idea?
For over a year we’ve been constantly told that of the dangers of “asymptomatic transmission”. This has driven much of the lockdown policy. But I think the narrative of asymptomatic transmission has caused something far worse – a change in our mindset.
Will Jones’ piece about covid (including on asymptomatic transmission) is here.
