On the 17th July the Office for National Statistics published this astonishing chart :^[1]

The Daily Mail were quick to point out that in June, covid was the third most significant cause of death ^[2] but no one seems to have drawn much attention to the most startling aspect of …

Lockdown has strained society to the limit

Lockdowns are immensely costly. The UK Government has already planned to spend around £132 billion in the current fiscal year, which is very close to the total annual budget of the National Health Service. ^[1]

This planned financial expenditure of course does not …

Covid deaths and "Pillar One" positive tests are now very low in Leicester

Lab confirmed Covid cases for Leicester were yesterday 0 …

Many of us are wondering, "how the heck did we get here?"

Our response to a virus that is similar in lethality to previous flu epidemics resembles an attempted economic suicide. From UK politicians we hear a droning mantra of "follow the science" but to anyone paying attention, their science …

How many people died per day?

The overall shape of the curves for UK and Sweden is remarkably similar.

In deaths per million population, the daily numbers for Sweden are lower …

Note

• The 2019/2020 flu …

The UK remains in lockdown because, according to the Government, more than a thousand new cases of Covid are being found each day.

As recently as 10 June, Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said that we are still in the middle of a pandemic and "Covid-19 is a very long …

In May, "Tucker Carlson Tonight" remained the No. 1 cable news show among adults 25-54. With his other Fox hosts, he dominates cable news in the US. His monologues are forceful and provide a good insight into the mood of the nation - (well perhaps half of the nation, the other …

To get the best indication of the trend in positive Covid infections, Pillar 1 tests are probably the most reliable and have been conducted in relatively steady numbers. Based on this, the positive Covid tests are disappearing off the radar.