NHS waiting lists for routine operations have hit yet another record high of 6.1 million, the first official data for 2022 show, as the pandemic backlog fails to clear.
The vaccine trial documents Pfizer has been compelled to release reveal some disturbing information, including that 16% of the vaccine ends up in the liver and that 23% of vaccine recipients suffered a systemic event.
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.
Anders Tegnell is leaving his post as Chief Epidemiologist of Sweden to take up a role at the World Health Organisation. But was he pushed?
All remaining U.K. Covid travel restrictions including passenger locator forms and tests for the unvaccinated could be scrapped in days under plans being considered by ministers.
Collateral Global is hosting a live Q&A session tonight as it premieres a conversation between two sceptical heavyweights: Professors John Ioannidis and Jay Bhattacharya.
Fracking sites were granted a stay of execution last night as ministers considered using them for further research rather than concrete them up forever.
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.
Britain has today followed the U.S. and banned Russian oil imports as drivers started queuing for fuel after being hit by the steepest weekly hike in fuel prices in more than 18 years.
Outrage seems to be the emotion driving current policy towards Russia, replacing the Fear that had dominated Covid policymaking in the past two years. But outrage, however justified, is no basis for achieving peace.
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