According to this analysis by MailOnline's Senior Health Reporter, 65% of new Covid patients were admitted to hospital for something other than Covid and only tested positive after they'd been admitted.
The alarmist claims of Neil Ferguson and his modelling team at Imperial College have fuelled vaccine scepticism and led to needless lockdowns being imposed all over Europe, according to several leading scientists.
This is a pivotal moment. If Boris holds his nerve, refuses to impose any further restrictions and the Omicron outbreak burns itself out of its own accord, the spell cast by SAGE over the nation could finally be broken.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
The U.K. Health Security Agency, the successor organisation to Public Health England, is about to publish its first detailed analysis of Omicron which suggests it causes milder disease than the Delta variant.
Pubs, restaurants and leisure businesses hit by omicron will be eligible for one-off grants of £6,000 in a Christmas aid package announced by Rishi Sunak earlier today. Hospitality bosses say it's too little, too late.
Is Boris's refusal to impose Plan C restrictions a turning point? Will the PM base his Covid decisions on real-world data from now on rather than apocalyptic modelling?
Read this complaint to Ofcom about a sinister collaboration between Sky and the government's 'Nudge Unit' to promote the 'Net Zero' policy.
by Laura Dodsworth and Toby Young Dear Melanie Dawes, We are writing to alert you to a broadcast license complaint...
In the latest episode of London Calling, the topics are the Omicron panic, the landmark free speech victory in the Court of Appeal, fox hunting, QPR and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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