WorldWatch 9 February 2021

America is momentarily distracted by the SuperBowl where thousands of people who could not turn up to polling stations to vote suddenly decide that crowds are not a problem after all. The Trump impeachment trial begins today with Trump reportedly not planning to testify at the trial.

The British Medical Journal has accused politicians of cherry-picking and suppressing science in their drive for a single COVID narrative (BMJ Editorial 13 November 2020) saying that 'When good science is suppressed by the medical-political complex, people die'.

China has arrested an Australian journalist (dual citizen) for leaking state secrets and warned Australia not to interfere in its sovereign judicial process.

Protests continue in Russia (detention of opposition leader) and Myanmar (Military Coup).

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