This afternoon.

A University of California professor is suing his college over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying people with natural immunity shouldn’t be required to get the shot.

Via ABC7

Aaron Kheriaty, professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of California, Irvine, says he contracted COVID-19 in July 2020. He points to scientific research showing that people infected with COVID-19 develop durable immunity to the virus and argues the university’s vaccine mandate is unfair.

“I feel like I’m being treated unequally,” Kheriaty said. “If my immunity is as good, indeed, very likely better, than that conferred by the vaccine, there doesn’t seem to be any rational basis for discriminating against my form of immunity and requiring me to get a different form of immunity.”

An Israeli study, which was published last week and hasn’t been peer-reviewed, shows uninfected, vaccinated people are around 6 to 13 times more likely to get a future infection than those who are unvaccinated and recovered from COVID-19. The vaccinated group is also 7 to 27 times more likely to develop a symptomatic future infection than the COVID-recovered group. Several other studies also have pointed to the durability of natural COVID-19 immunity.

God-given immunity?

Or Bill Gates immunity?

Only you can decide.

California professor sues university over vaccine mandate, citing natural immunity (ABC7)

Meanwhile…

This afternoon.

FIGHT!

This morning.

Clayton Hotel, Dublin.

Sinn Féin parliamentary members, including party President Mary Lou McDonald (above left) and Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty (above right) gather ahead of Sinn Féin’s think-in.

 Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews

Earlier…

Alternatively…

G’wan the Bilderberg.

This morning.

Via Irish Times Letters:

The Taoiseach’s partner Matthew Barrett raises legitimate concerns regarding the risks inherent in empowering members of the public to surveil the behaviour of others.

I am sure he is similarly perturbed by the promotion (in 2017, by Leo Varadkar, the then minister for social protection) of a telephone line and website to enable and encourage members of the public to report on the behaviour of their contemporaries.

Photographing Varadker (Irish Times Letters)

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DJ Mike O’Brien writes:

Just a bit of radio nostalgia for ya. The 90s and 00s pirate station Freedom 92FM is coming on air this Saturday for a 30 day licence. Some of your punters will remember it I’m sure. And yours truly is on too!

Find it at Dublin 105.2FM; Cork 106.7fm; Limerick 105.5fm and  Galway 87.9fm

Freedom FM

Green Party Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin (right) at the launch of Culture Night 2021

Minister for Arts Catherine Martin has said the numbers are moving in the right direction for a full reopening of the live entertainment sector on 22 October.

Ms Martin was speaking at the launch for this year’s Culture Night, which takes place on Friday 17 September.

Over 1,000 events are planned for Culture Night, 80% of them in person, and all are adhering to current government guidelines which includes 60% capacity indoors and 75% outdoors where attendees are vaccinated or recovered from Covid-19.

Entitled ‘Come Together Again‘, this year’s Culture Night will showcase a wide range of activities including comedy, circus, dance, museum visits, musical performances and film.

Full reopening for events on track for 22 October – Martin (RTÉ)

KN writes:

A Vax pass needed for outdoor Culture Night events? ‘Come together again’, my Swiss.

RollingNews

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s first suggested connecting Stranraer in Scotland to Larne in Northern Ireland by bridge three years ago

Though it sounds daft to you and to me
Johnson wants a road under the sea
But mandarins think
That the submarine link
Is something that won’t come to be

John Moynes

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