The Scottish Government has said its Covid powers – including mask mandates and vaccine passports – are to be extended for a further six months. Was it inspired by Boris announcing the lifting of restrictions in England?
Boris Johnson announced today that all remaining Covid restrictions, including the legal requirement to isolate, will be scrapped this month, saying he expects to end the remaining restrictions a "full month early".
The ONS claims the strange spikes in deaths around the time of the vaccine rollout are due to a 'healthy vaccinee effect', but new analysis shows that is contradicted by the ONS's own data.
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.
NHS waiting lists will not start to fall for two years, Sajid Javid has said, with more than 300,000 people facing waits of over a year for treatment, compared with 1,600 before the pandemic – a nearly 200-fold rise.
Deaths at the end of January were 9.3% below average. Why is the Government not joining countries like Denmark in reclassifying COVID-19, repealing pandemic laws and lifting the state of emergency?
Truckers in Canada's Freedom Convoy protest against vaccine mandates and other Covid restrictions have responded to Government smears of violence, racism and links to far-right groups.
As the energy crisis continues to bite, the Government gives the green light to six new oil and gas fields – but in a sign of things to come, the National Grid begins to experiment with rationing household power.
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.
Putting tights over a mask improves its fit and filtration properties, a study from Cambridge University into 'hacks' for improving the effectiveness of face masks has found. Something to include in the next mandate.
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