Covid set a precedent: Public health measures no longer require evidence

The covid “pandemic” led to a significant investment of over £400 billion in interventions with weak, uncertain, or no evidence bases. The result was a colossal waste of money and a huge increase in UK government debt. The refusal of author

Are you suffering from toxic stress and The Twenty First Century Blues?

“The Twenty First Century Blues” is a term Dr. Vernon Coleman coined in the 1990s to describe one of the harmful effects of toxic stress. “I believe that ‘The Twenty First Century Blues’ is almost certainly one of the commonest diseases in

Belarus Imports Russia’s 'Propaganda' Playbook

Belarus’s parliament adopted a new law on April 2 banning “propaganda” of same-sex relationships, of “gender reassignment,” and even of “childlessness.” This furthers the legal and political alignment between Belarus and Russia,which both s

Mental health problems worsen after medical gender reassignment, a new study finds

A new study has found that severe psychiatric morbidity, or mental illness, is common among gender-referred adolescents and appears to be more prevalent in those referred after the recent surge in referrals to specialised gender identity se

Seven significant failings of New Zealand’s Royal Commission on Covid

Ian Brighthope lays out seven significant failures of New Zealand’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into the country’s covid response. “No inquiry begins in neutrality when its scope is constrained before the first question is asked. The origin