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16/3/21

The AstraZeneca Scare May Be Overdone, But Rare Side Effects May Still Occur

With a vaccine as hurried out as this one, it is almost inevitable that rare side effects are going to show up when we vaccinate millions that wouldn't have shown up in the trials when we vaccinated thousands.

16/3/21

Italy and France to “Quickly Resume” AstraZeneca Rollout When EU Medicines Agency Gives Green Light

The leaders of Italy and France have made it clear that they will "quickly resume" their countries' rollouts of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine when the European Medicines Agency gives the green light on Thursday.

16/3/21

40% of Theatre and Arts Workers Have Lost Job in Past 12 Months

Nearly 40% of theatre and arts workers in London have been made redundant since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to ITV News. Will the West End ever recover?

16/3/21

Lockdown Enthusiasts Belatedly Recognise Limitations of ‘Precautionary Principle’

Critics of the AstraZeneca panic in Europe have rightly blamed the rigid application of the 'precautionary principle'. But these very same critics have applied exactly the same principle to justifying the lockdowns.

16/3/21

European Medicines Agency Says “No Indication” AstraZeneca Jab Is Cause of Blood Clots

The EU's medicines agency has responded to concerns over the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, saying there is "no indication" that the vaccine is the cause of reported blood clots.

16/3/21

Covid Vaccine Supply Surge Means Half of UK Adults Will Soon Be Jabbed

All remaining over-50s are expected to be called up for a Covid vaccine in the coming days with a surge in supply meaning half of all UK adults will have had their first jab by the end of the week.

16/3/21

Cancer Deaths Likely to Rise for First Time in Decades Due to Covid Backlog, Charities Warn

A coalition of cancer charities has warned that cancer deaths could rise for the first time in decades due to the Covid backlog. They said that almost 45,000 UK patients are "living with cancer without knowing it".

16/3/21

News Round Up

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about the virus in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.

16/3/21

Is Covid the Most Deadly Infectious Disease in a Century?

Why has the ONS produced a graph comparing COVID-19 to an apparently random group of infectious diseases that doesn't include flu or other big killers?