We make no apologies for asking questions, rejecting censorship and upholding long-established ethics. Our members will keep on volunteering their time, for as long as is needed.

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Any discrimination or coercion of any form aimed at those who choose not to be vaccinated is completely unsustainable.

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Headlines this week declared the fall in cases as confusing, baffling and puzzling. Few headlines acknowledged that it was in fact good news.

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Vaccine certification is highly coercive, threatening the loss of livelihood and the loss of freedom of movement. That is in no sense ‘free’ consent. It is considerable duress.

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HART believes in freedom of speech and we enjoy healthy debate where no topic is off the table — but we take care in our public communications to only present information that can be backed up by compelling evidence.

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Our COVID-19 newsletter is out.

- Vaccine to be offered to 16 and 17 year-olds
- Nothing unethical about covert ‘nudges’, says BPS
- Extreme SAGE predictions on the effects of variants
- Children continue to be let down

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Throughout the pandemic, scientists have been highlighting where these models are wrong and putting forward alternative hypotheses. Instead of debating and assessing the evidence, these scientists were censored.

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JCVI Chair Professor Wei Shen Lim was entirely unconvincing in defending the policy change. We also note his conflict of interest: direct responsibility for funding received by his department from Pfizer.

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After months of evasion, the British Psychological Society has made its position clear: it sees nothing ethically questionable about deploying covert psychological strategies.

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Why are trauma informed practitioners and organisations denying the experimental nature of these guidelines as well as their potentially long-term, harmful, physical and psychological effects?

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A comprehensive independent review, addressing the ethical basis of deploying covert psychological strategies to lever compliance with public health restrictions, is now urgently required.

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Our COVID-19 newsletter is out.

- Myocarditis in children and young adults
- COVID-19 transmits outdoors
- More analysis of recent SAGE report

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The roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents has begun, despite evidence that myocarditis is a side effect of the vaccine.

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There is no good evidence to compare the risk of indoor transmission directly with the risk of outdoor transmission. The truth is there’s a great deal that is not understood about transmission.

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Over 1,800 church leaders have now signed this letter, calling on the government to reject vaccine passports.

"It would be divisive, discriminatory and destructive to introduce any such mandatory health certification into British society."

Read more: vaccinepassportletter.wordpress.com

Our COVID-19 newsletter is out.

- Sajid Javid’s creative calculator
- Chris Whitty ignores JCVI advice
- Vaccine mandates for healthcare workers

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Children do not need this vaccine. It is all risk and no reward.

https://www.hartgroup.org/whitty-ignores-jcvi-advice

Are mandatory vaccinations already a feature of NHS life, as is claimed?

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The ONS are claiming that 33,500 secondary school children currently have a SARS-CoV-2 infection but have not tested positive despite all the school testing.

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"From a public health standpoint, it makes poor sense to impose vaccine side-effects on people at minimal risk of severe COVID-19."

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