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lockdown harms
Campaigners Call for Law to Tackle Child Screen Addiction
MP says lockdowns could be called ‘a controlled experiment in giving children an awful lot of digital exposure’ as campaigners warn Online Safety Act won’t help
Pro-Lockdown Scientist Says He Failed to Account For Economic Harms
Sir John Edmunds initially pushed for herd immunity before becoming a lockdown convert, but now admits the modelling wasn’t adequate for real world harms.
Labour Plans for Homeschooling Register and ID Numbers for Children
Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson sets out stall to halt absenteeism but home educators say policy stigmatises them and conflates separate issues.
Sweden’s Chief Epidemiologist Gives Evidence To UK Covid Inquiry
Written statement by Anders Tegnell, uploaded to the UK Inquiry’s website just before Christmas break, says Sweden’s constitution does not allow lockdown.
Legal Threat To COVID-19 Inquiry Over ‘Predetermined Outcome’
Letter sent on behalf of children’s rights group Us For Them questions treatment of witnesses and claims ‘dissenting science’ on lockdowns is being ignored.
