We have compiled a list of online sources that you might find useful. Many sources are skewed towards information regarding covid-19 and vaccines etc, but not all. We have also included a number of official sources e.g. for submitting Freedom of Information requests and to see what information or statistics the government are providing.
Many of the sources on our list are vilified by Wikipedia using terms like anti-vaxxer designed to discredit people. As always, make your own decision as to whether anyone is a credible and trustworthy source, and think critically.
Zero Hedge
Financial, economic and political information. https://www.zerohedge.com/
The Brownstone Institute
Organisation started in 2021, with a mission to stop people relinquishing freedom in exchange for supposed “safety”. https://brownstone.org/
Dr John Campbell
Measured, thoughtful reviews on statistics and medical papers – covid-19, vaccines, excess mortality and more.
Dr Campbell is a retired nurse educator who reviews medical data – he posts his videos on YouTube (being very careful regarding their misinformation guidelines). Campbell has been looking at the data from early in 2020 and it has been fascinating watching his analysis. https://www.youtube.com/@Campbellteaching
Unherd
Unherd’s mission is to push back against herd mentality. Quality writing, and they publish articles from all sides of the political spectrum. https://unherd.com/
Tucker Carlson on Fox News
A right-wing presenter who has it in for anyone on the Left in the US… or, when you actually watch some of his shows, someone who talks a lot of sense and isn’t afraid to call out politicians for lying? Worth a look, especially if you’re interested in US politics.
https://www.foxnews.com/shows/tucker-carlson-tonight
Igor Chudov – Igor’s Newsletter on Substack
Excellent, well thought out commentary. https://igorchudov.substack.com/
A good article on critical thinking: https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/vaccine-skeptics-are-the-true-critical
and another on excess mortality: https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/excess-mortality-is-worse-than-it
Bad Cattitude
El gato malo offers insightful coverage on covid, politics, freedom – with a side of snark. https://boriquagato.substack.com/
A couple of particularly good articles:
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/yes-the-vaccines-were-supposed-to
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-human-welfarism-state
Neil Oliver / GB News
Neil Oliver is no longer just “the Coast guy” – terrific analysis and commentary. A voice for common sense, and putting people above politics and profits.
Twitter @thecoastguy
GB News – https://www.gbnews.uk/
Aussie Senator
Australian Senator for Queensland Gerard Rennick believes in small government, and is against government coercion. Well worth watching some of his videos online especially where he challenges covid policies. https://gerardrennick.com.au/
A Midwestern Doctor
Medicine, covid, society – lots of excellent posts on various topics. https://substack.com/profile/76762071-a-midwestern-doctor
Dr Pierre Kory
Doctor specialising in pulmonary and critical care; co-developer of covid-19 treatment protocols with the Front-Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance. https://pierrekory.substack.com/
Particularly good two-part piece on critical thinking by A Midwestern Doctor with Dr Pierre Kory:
https://pierrekory.substack.com/p/critical-thinking-in-the-age-of-censorship
https://amidwesterndoctor.substack.com/p/critical-thinking-in-the-age-of-censorship
Jem Bendell
Strategist and educator on social change. https://jembendell.com/
Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD
Florida’s Surgeon General, and a voice of sanity. Twitter: @FLSurgeonGen
PANDA (Pandemics Data and Analytics)
Multi-disciplinary group formed in response to covid. https://www.pandata.org/
Abir Ballan
Writer on children’s wellbeing. https://substack.com/profile/30102162-abir-ballan-mph
Peak Prosperity
Covering the economy and much more. Active forum. Free info and also paid memberships. https://peakprosperity.com/
Dr Mercola
Health information, including plenty about Covid. https://www.mercola.com/
World Council for Health
Non-profit initiative founded in 2021. https://worldcouncilforhealth.org/
Margaret Anna Alice
Looking at a range of issues including media narratives, propaganda and totalitarianism. https://substack.com/profile/35383324-margaret-anna-alice
Jeff Childers – Coffee & Covid
Daily covid news and commentary. https://jeffchilders.substack.com/
Mark Crispin Miller – News from Underground
Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU. https://substack.com/profile/37258171-mark-crispin-miller
Vigilant Fox
Watching out for tyranny. https://substack.com/profile/82027648-the-vigilant-fox
You may like this article on the Japanese professor who challenged his country’s Ministry of Health: https://vigilantfox.substack.com/p/japanese-professor-goes-nuclear-on?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2
The Epoch Times
Right-wing paper, mainly US based, but it comes up with a lot of interesting stories. https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-uk
Dr Byram W Brindle
Dr Brindle is Associate Professor of Viral Immunology in the Department of Pathobiology at the University of Guelph, and also leader of the Vaccine Task Force of the Canadian COVID Care Alliance’s Scientific and Medical Advisory Committee. https://viralimmunologist.substack.com/
An excellent article challenging the status quo of being unable to discuss and question: https://viralimmunologist.substack.com/p/why-cant-we-talk-about-it?
Josh Guetzkow – Jackanapes Junction
Senior lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Writing on vaccine safety, excess mortality and more. https://jackanapes.substack.com/
Steve Kirsch
Writing on vaccine safety, corruption and censorship among other things. Former high-tech entrepreneur. https://stevekirsch.substack.com/
Corey’s Digs
Investigative journalism on a wide range of topics. https://www.coreysdigs.com/
Sydney Watson
Writer, journalist and straight talking political commentator. https://www.sydneywatson.com/
Daily Skeptic
A daily roundup of the latest stories about covid-19 and more. https://dailysceptic.org/
The Mariachi Years – Monica Hughes PhD
Writing about medical freedom and more. https://themariachiyears.substack.com/
Unglossed – Brian Mowrey
Vaccine-critical writing. https://unglossed.substack.com/
Dr Aseem Malhotra
Previously a supporter of vaccines in general and especially the covid vaccines, Dr Malhotra is a British cardiologist. Dr Malhotra has gone from encouraging people to take the vaccines on Good Morning to speaking out against mRNA shots since his father, who was also vaccinated, died. Naturally, he’s now been branded “controversial” and “anti-vax”. https://draseemmalhotra.co.uk/
Twitter: @DrAseemMalhotra
Dr Malhotra has written a paper in two parts on misinformation regarding the covid-19 vaccines: https://insulinresistance.org/index.php/jir/article/view/71
https://insulinresistance.org/index.php/jir/article/view/72
Michael P Senger – The New Normal
Attorney, author of Snake Oil: How Xi Jinping Shut Down the World
https://substack.com/profile/82753189-michael-p-senger
Dr Ah Kahn Syed
Striving for truth and transparency in science and medicine.
https://substack.com/profile/41910983-dr-ah-kahn-syed
Geert Vanden Bossche – Voice for Science and Solidarity
PhD and independent vaccine research consultant. https://substack.com/profile/57302394-geert-vanden-bossche
Dr Robert Malone – Who is Robert Malone? on Substack
Dr Malone used to work on mRNA – he was the original “inventor” of mRNA and DNA vaccines – but is now concerned about how these technologies are being used. https://www.rwmalonemd.com/ https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/
Dr Tess Lawrie
Dr Lawrie independently researched ivermectin and asked UK government to use it as a treatment for covid-19. Her newsletter is A Better Way to Health on Substack. https://substack.com/profile/80297209-dr-tess-lawrie-mbbch-phd
January 2021 – asking for ivermectin to be used https://www.healthrising.org/forums/threads/a-letter-to-mr-boris-johnson-from-uk-scientist-dr-tess-lawrie-calling-on-him-to-start-saving-lives-with-ivermectin.6481/
Article: No More Injections for Healthy People https://drtesslawrie.substack.com/p/no-more-injections-for-healthy-people
https://worldcouncilforhealth.org/
Totality of Evidence website – research links to significant events and information leading up to the covid-19 pandemic https://totalityofevidence.com/
Slugger O’Toole
News and opinion portal, particularly focused on Northern Irish politics. From their About page:
“We believe diversity of opinion is essential to building a reliable view of any single problem, great or small. Our aim is to bring our readers accurate reporting combined with honest and informed analysis rather than balance.” https://sluggerotoole.com/
Jikky the Mouse
Great source of info – especially statistics. Twitter @TheJikky
Freedom News UK
An independent, radical co-op controlled by its volunteers. Freedom runs Britain’s oldest anarchist press and its largest bookshop.
Corporate Watch
A research group investigating corporations and capitalism.
The Light
Monthly UK newspaper billed as “the uncensored truth”. Contains a wide range of opinions and articles – for example, issue 30 included central bank digital currencies (CDBCs), vaccine safety signals from Yellow Card data, the terrorism on 7/7, how to hand out information to the public on the street, an article on nuclear weapons and using non-compliance to fight unethical demands.
Politics.co.uk
Political news site. https://www.politics.co.uk/
RT
Russia’s channel used to provide some good material – as long as you took the Russia-specific reporting with a pinch of salt. Their Going Underground programme was particularly interesting. However, the RT channel and RT.com website seem to have been banned in the UK, because apparently we shouldn’t be allowed to watch and make up our own minds… depending on where you are and what internet tools you use, you may be able to access it. https://rt.com
Zoe study covid data
https://health-study.joinzoe.com/data
medRxiv
Free online archive of complete but unpublished manuscripts (preprints) for medical, clinical and related health sciences – i.e. not certified by peer review.
BMJ – the British Medical Journal
Independent from the BMA (British Medical Association). https://www.bmj.com/
Smart Health Choices book
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK63638/pdf/Bookshelf_NBK63638.pdf
Medline / PubMed
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
The Cochrane Collaboration
Available to all as a resource for health information. https://www.cochrane.org/
English PEN
English PEN is one of the world’s oldest human rights organisations, championing the freedom to write and the freedom to read around the world. We are the founding centre of PEN International, a worldwide writers’ association with 145 centres in more than 100 countries. https://www.englishpen.org
Propaganda in Focus
https://propagandainfocus.com/about
Big Brother Watch
British civil liberties organisation. https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/
Open Democracy
Open Democracy describe themselves as “an independent international media platform” which uses investigative journalism to challenge power and make positive changes. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk/
Index on Censorship
Index campaigns for freedom of expression, and believes that everyone has the right to this. https://www.indexoncensorship.org/
Liberty
Civil liberties organisation. https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/
Amnesty International
Human rights organisation. https://www.amnesty.org.uk/
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
Official information sources – parliament, government and Freedom of Information.
The Freedom of Information Act (2000) provides public access to information held by public authorities for the UK.
UK legislation: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/contents
Information held by Scottish public authorities is covered by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/contents
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) provides a clear summary on what is covered by Freedom of Information and how to make a request here: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-freedom-of-information/what-is-the-foi-act/
The Scottish Government publishes all FOI responses on its website: https://www.gov.scot/publications/?publicationTypes=foi-eir-release&page=1
How to make a FOI request – UK Government https://www.gov.uk/make-a-freedom-of-information-request
List of departments, agencies and public bodies https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations
The UK Government does not publish in a single place – responses are published by each department or agency. We find the easiest way to view existing FOI responses is to use a search engine, e.g. search for “UK government FOI responses MHRA”.
Parliamentary bills
UK Parliament
Hansard – the official transcription of all parliamentary debates
https://hansard.parliament.uk/
13th December 2022 – Vaccines: Potential Harms
JCVI (The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation) – advised the UK health departments on immunisation. https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation
Minutes of JCVI meetings are available. https://app.box.com/s/iddfb4ppwkmtjusir2tc
MHRA (The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency) – responsible for safety, quality and efficacy of medicines and medical devices including approval of vaccines. Includes the Yellow Card reporting scheme. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency
UKHSA (UK Health Security Agency) – created April 2021, replacing Public Health England. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency
ONS (Office for National Statistics)
https://www.ons.gov.uk/ https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/whatwedo/statistics
– covid data https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases
– deaths data
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths
– Long term sickness data published 10 November 2022
Scottish Government covid vaccination data
https://www.gov.scot/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination/
Public Health Scotland
https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/
https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/
Covid-19 daily dashboard https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/phs.covid.19/viz/COVID-19DailyDashboard_15960160643010/Dailyupdate
WHO (World Health Organisation) covid data
CDC (Centers for Disease Control, USA) covid data https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home