UK’s right-wing media launch McCarthyite witch-hunt of scientists on Sunday’s editorial begins, “How predictable. As we head towards Freedom Day on July 19, the usual siren voices on the Left are again portending doom. The lockdown enthusiasts seem drunk on a cocktail of anti-capitalist ideology and reverence for an over-controlling state.” It lists as “opponents of liberation” the “more militant climate change activists, who seem to welcome the economic damage caused by shutdowns” and then names “Professor Susan Michie—a powerful voice on the official Sage [Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies] committee, who also happens to be a member of the Communist Party”.