Professor Danny Altmann has admitted that the emergence of the highly immune-evasive Omicron variant came as a surprise to most experts in the field. Is that because it was made in a lab?
Millions of Britons could need Covid boosters every six months for the foreseeable future, Dr. Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of the UKHSA has said. Better be sure there are no adverse effects from repeated doses, then.
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.
A group of doctors is launching a legal challenge against the UK Government’s offer of a Covid vaccine to healthy five to 11 year-olds, branding it "reckless" and "grossly irresponsible".
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 29th of our round-ups of Covid vaccine safety reports and news from a group of medics to inform the debate on vaccination.
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.
Care home residents are still being kept in their rooms for 24 hours a day and having their Mothers' Day gifts 'quarantined' under an “endless cycle” of lockdowns that are doing grave harm.
The latest UKHSA Technical Briefing reports that Omicron BA.2, which is now dominant in the UK, is even milder than Omicron BA.1, which was responsible for the very low death toll this winter.
Brits should return to wearing masks in enclosed spaces and not meeting indoors, the Chief Medical Adviser of the U.K. Government Health Security Agency has said – boding ill for future interventions.
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