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Leading scientists are calling on the Government to remove all coronavirus restrictions and allow people to ‘take back control of their own lives’ when the ‘roadmap’ to freedom ends in June. With real-world data showing vaccines reduce the risk of death by 98 per cent and hospitalisations by more than 80 per cent, the experts say Covid-19 is being turned into a ‘mild’ disease in Britain, akin to the flu. In an open letter to The Mail on Sunday, they criticise ‘confused and contradictory’ messages from Ministers and scientific advisers about the virus, which they say are exagge...

Show evidence for masks in class or drop the measure, Gavin Williamson told Signatories of the letter point out that the Prime Minister has previously described face masks in the classroom as “nonsensical” 4 March 2021 • 8:46pm Students at Great Academy Ashton, in Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, are taken through Covid testing procedures as the school prepares to reopen Credit: AP The Education Secretary has been told to publish the scientific evidence that shows face masks in the classroom are necessary or reverse the measure. The recommendation for secondary pupils to wear mas...

Allowing children to play together should be a bigger priority than catching up on school work We now need a new public health message: children's play must not only be permitted, but positively encouraged, as soon as possible 15 February 2021 • 11:30am 'If we want children to develop and thrive they have to be able to play with each other' Credit: Getty Images The opening paragraph of a report by Play England, optimistically entitled “Play after Lockdown” could not be clearer:  “One of the most toxic effects to come out of the current pandemic is the destructive impact it has had on...

EXPERTS have called for urgent action to protect children from the harm of lockdown, saying youngsters are being used in 'an unethical mass experiment' and warning we are on the brink of a 'national emergency'.

COVID’s Deadly Toll on Youth: A Sharp Rise in Suicides By Megan Redshaw, J.D. and Beth Giuffre Almost one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the worst consequences may not be directly caused by the virus, but rather by school closures, isolation and lockdown measures that have sent the suicide rate among children in the U.S. and other countries surging. Since the pandemic began in March of 2020 and schools closed their doors, reports of suicidal thoughts, attempts and cries for help among children have increased significantly across the nation, according to numerous s...