“It was even more wrong to claim that the population would not already have some immunity against this virus.” The immune response to the virus is stronger than everyone thought By Beda M Stadler The original […]
By Julian Rose Of all the depressing sights witnessed during the insane process of Covid home imprisonment, stupid social distancing and mask madness, the regimentation of children into predesignated playground /classroom ‘chalked-off zones’ is the one […]
GUILLAUME DUROCHER Bad news for southern Europe. It looks like coronavirus will further entrench the European Union’s long-standing disparities between north and south. According to the European Commission’s estimates, the economies of Italy, Spain, and Greece […]
Financial fancy footwork may allow the chain’s owners to sidestep onerous lease conditions as high street footfall plunges. Proletarian writers The 2,400 employees of camping and hiking chain Go Outdoors have been unable to plan […]
On every level, the performance of socialist countries in dealing with Covid-19 is putting the profiteering, anti-worker ethos of capitalism to shame. Proletarian writers The soothing mood music emanating from Downing Street is aimed at […]
As we go to press, tens of thousands of US people are protesting at state-sanctioned racist murder committed by the US police. In Minneapolis protesters defied a curfew; in Washington the US Secret Service locked […]
Illustration by Peter Hamlin.; Is it safe to stay in hotels as reopenings get underway? It depends on the precautions both you and the hotel take. It’s best to call ahead to see how the […]
Respiratory expert warns of worse outcomes for coronavirus patients who live in polluted areas By: Dominic Penna High levels of air pollution have combined with other factors to create a perfect storm resulting in worse […]
On 22 May, the Independent Sage committee — which was set up in response to the lack of public or scientific scrutiny of the activities of the government’s own Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) — published […]
By: Joe Tyler The US now has almost a third of the world’s total confirmed Covid-19 cases (1.77 million), and more than a quarter of all deaths. At the time of writing, official fatalities are […]