UK Column News - 3rd July 2020

Mike Robinson and Patrick Henningsen with today's UK Column News.

START – Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell charged in US
21 Wire: why did Ghislaine Maxwell leave safety of France for arrest in US…?
The Sun: bet you’re sweating now, Andy
07:04 – Super Saturday: ‘victory day’ tomorrow, 4 July
MainStream Media psychology: using terms like ‘new freedoms’ and ‘new normal’
Plymouth repaints pavements with Keep Apart signs…
10:56 – Self-isolation lifted – except for Leicester
CoronaVirus only affects tourists it seems…
Leicester: clothes factory bosses refuse to close as they can’t afford to shut again
15:08 – CoronaVirus: excess mortality didn’t exist before lockdown began
NPR: parts of Myanmar unaware of Covid-19 due to internet ban – no deaths
Wirral Council: Covid-19 outbreak prevention & control plan
Surveillance is a big part of the plan…for our safety of course
Cases or deaths – are statistics really important…?
23:48 – BBC: CoronaVirus immunity may be more widespread than tests suggest
Health and care staff front of queue for ‘game changer’ antibody tests
Antibody tests allow plenty of scope for suggesting a lack of immunity…
T-cell response is a far better indicator
Herd immunity works but social distancing prevents it from happening
33:00 – New York Times: how to help kids embrace mask-wearing
NYT article uses psychology and reframing to twist the narrative
Dr Simone Gold commentary: we do not consent
Dr Gold: the scientific usefulness of a mask has been aggressively overstated
Masking everyone is superstition, mandating face coverings requires consent of the governed
38:41 – Bill Gates: you will have a ‘choice’ whether you take the vaccine or not
USA: Colorado governor signs bill tightening vaccine exemptions…
Will normal engagement with the world require vaccination in the future…?
21 Wire: US University requiring both flu and Covid-19 vaccines for students to enter campus
Where will this end – will this policy become standardised…?
43:28 – US election season: White House dismisses reports of bounties to kill US troops
President Trump: this is all a made-up, fake news, media hoax started to slander me
Bountygate: Taliban paid by Putin to kill US troops – details from an anonymous source…
Neocons: The Lincoln Project – we are Republicans and we want Trump defeated
US election season dead horse: this is Russiagate 2.0