A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.

The first drug to treat coronavirus has been approved by the U.K.’s medicines regulator and is being introduced ASAP on the NHS. No, it's not ivermectin. It's Ronapreve, the same drug that was used to treat Donald Trump.

We're publishing a new addition to our ongoing series 'Around the World in 80 Lockdowns' on the Daily Sceptic today – a Postcard From Romania, where the vaccine rollout has stalled in spite of a clinic at Dracula's castle.

I received an email this morning from Professor David Livermore about the Government's latest propaganda. Not only is it a terrible ad for the NHS COVID-19 app, but it's semi-literate.

One of the organisers of a recent anti-lockdown protest in Sydney has been sentenced to eight months in prison for helping to plan an "unauthorised" demonstration.

Designers in Bucharest have implemented close to 150 'Covid-free' measures in a new hands-free, virus-scanning office which they hope to see introduced around the world.

Some of the U.S. states which have been experiencing a Delta surge, including Florida, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana, appear to have peaked, once again confounding the modellers predictions of universal infection.

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.

The Government is launching its first antibody testing programme in which those who test positive for Covid will take antibody tests to help identify people's protection levels against different variants.

A leaked letter from Government lawyers reveals that "no final policy decision has yet been taken" on introducing vaccine passports in nightclubs and other 'large venues', sparking confusion over the Government's plans.

The full reopening of secondary schools will be delayed by at least two weeks as millions of teenagers have been told they will be required to get tested for Covid on school sites before they are allowed to return.

We're publishing an original piece on the Daily Sceptic today by Dr Gary Sidley, a retired NHS Consultant Clinical Psychologist, about the dubious ethics of 'nudging' the public to comply with Covid restrictions.

The latest data from PHE shows vaccine effectiveness against Delta infection has dropped to just 15% in the over 50s. Protection against death is holding up – though seemingly not in the under-50s.

Covid19 Assembly, an anti-lockdown lobby group, has organised a powerful letter signed by 133 doctors, nurses, paramedics and midwives challenging the thinking behind the Government's response to the coronavirus crisis.

Who could've predicted this? New Zealand's COVID-19 Response Minister has acknowledged that the "zero-Covid" policy hasn't worked, as an outbreak of the Delta variant continues to spread across the country.

There's an excellent piece on the Swiss Policy Research blog, aka the Swiss Doctor, trying to puzzle out why the world fell for the face mask folly, even though everyone knows masks don't work against respiratory viruses.

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.

In a new paper looking at the US, economic consultant L. Jan Reid concludes that the “cost of the lockdowns was up to ten times greater than the benefits”.

More than 50 companies will be removed from the Gov.uk site that lists approved travel testing providers following reports that many are charging more than their advertised costs and are failing to hand over results.

Flu vaccines could be less effective this year due to the total focus on Covid and the drop in global shipments of influenza surveillance samples over the past year of lockdowns.

Professor Robert Dingwall has written an excellent piece for Social Science Space criticising the imposition of mask mandates. There's little evidence that masks work and the plenty of evidence they cause harm.