"The ONS survey results on prevalence shows that the Scottish and English approach to masking although formally different since July has made no meaningful difference to Delta" – Prof Jim Naismith
NHS England Medical Director Stephen Powis has claimed that the "overwhelming majority" of Covid ICU patients are unvaccinated. But is he 'doing a Pritchard' and using out-of-date data from July?
After a further three football players collapsed on the pitch this week, questions have been raised about the possible role of the vaccines. Or is it an effect of Covid?
Sajid Javid has told the Commons that the new Nu variant is of "huge international concern" and that: "One of the lessons of this pandemic has been that we must move quickly, and at the earliest possible moment."
The UK Statistics Authority has written to the ONS to censure it for a recent report claiming that the risk of death with Covid was "32 times greater in unvaccinated people than in fully vaccinated individuals".
New analysis shows that the UKHSA data showing higher infection rates in the vaccinated is not a result of using wrong population estimates, as critics had claimed.
The 19th of our round-ups of Covid vaccine safety reports and news from a group of medics to inform the debate on vaccination.
A pre-print study out this week from the U.S. CDC has found vaccinated people to be "no less infectious" than unvaccinated people, further undermining the case for vaccine passports and mandates.
Why are some countries surging this autumn but others aren't? India had a big Delta surge but has seen no new rise since, while the impact of Delta on Sweden has been very modest. Why is that?
An NHS consultant claims in the Guardian that "in hospital, COVID-19 has largely become a disease of the unvaccinated". Yet Government data shows that 71% of hospitalised adults are vaccinated.
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