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Covid19

Deafening silence of Labour’s Lord Covid

Published by The Mail on Sunday (April 5th, 2025) Patrick Vallance loves to pontificate on the importance of transparency in science, peppering his speeches and interviews with grandiose […]

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Why Labour’s science minister Patrick Vallance must come clean on what he knew about the Wuhan lab leak theory he was so quick to rubbish
Covid19 / Policy / Politics

Why Labour’s science minister Patrick Vallance must come clean on what he knew about the Wuhan lab leak theory he was so quick to rubbish

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd March, 2025) Five years ago, as our country reeled under the Covid-19 pandemic, the scientific interventions of Patrick Vallance made him a […]

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‘There was a real conspiracy among very powerful scientists. The cover-up was morally repugnant’
Covid19

‘There was a real conspiracy among very powerful scientists. The cover-up was morally repugnant’

Published by The Daily Mail (17th March, 2025) Soon after the start of the pandemic, as Covid-19 spread its trail of death and devastation around the planet, I came […]

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Former CDC boss reveals bombshell new evidence of Covid cover-up and says ‘father of the virus’ Fauci concealed Wuhan lab leak to protect US spies embedded in China
Covid19

Former CDC boss reveals bombshell new evidence of Covid cover-up and says ‘father of the virus’ Fauci concealed Wuhan lab leak to protect US spies embedded in China

Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th March, 2025) Robert Redfield, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) when the pandemic erupted, has […]

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China / Covid19

Science is shamed by Covid blindness

Published by The i paper (27th January, 2025) “Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth,” said the philosopher Confucius, whose teachings shaped […]

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Covid19 / United States

Anthony Fauci’s pardon shames America

Published by UnHerd (22nd January, 2025) In his inauguration speech four years ago, Joe Biden declared his determination to ‘”restore the soul of America”, later insisting that his “galvanising mission” […]

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China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy
Covid19

China’s stooges expose the real Covid conspiracy

Published by UnHerd (9th January, 2025) The World Health Organisation ended 2024 by reminding us that it is five years since it discovered a virus was sweeping through […]

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Covid19 / Health / Policy

Covid lies and the stench of elitist arrogance

Published by The i paper (30th September, 2024) Boris Johnson is publishing his memoir, timed to coincide with the Conservative Party conference, in his usual attention-seeking manner and written […]

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China / Covid19 / World

Lab leak theory is gaining ground

Published by The i paper (22nd January, 2024) Dominic Cummings is far from the ideal person to deliver warnings about dangers of misinformation, given his track record. Yet […]

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Covid19 / Education / Health / Policy

How Edinburgh University stifled my investigation

Published by UnHerd (19th January, 2024) Almost 150 years ago, a young medical student at Edinburgh University was inspired by one of his lecturers to devise a detective […]

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China / Covid19 / World

Conspiracy of silence betrays our values

Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th January, 2024) It is more than four years since the World Health Organisation was tipped off about a mysterious new disease […]

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Covid19 / Disability / Health / Policy

Contempt for ordinary people in the corridors of power

Published by The i paper (6th November, 2023) The Covid inquiry last week performed an invaluable service. It seemed as if we were watching a savage new political satire […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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