It makes "little sense" to impose vaccine passports, an expert panel of scientists has told MPs, since Government data indicates that vaccinated people "are now more likely to be infected than the unvaccinated".
Will immunity from prior Covid infections and vaccines cancel the winter flu season this year, as some are optimistically predicting? Or is this a fool's hope that risks shunting us into a new lockdown?
A re-analysis of ONS data finds that VE against death has been overstated due to not taking into account the delay between infection and death. It also uncovers an alarming spike in Covid deaths following vaccination.
Vaccine effectiveness remains negative in 30-79 year-olds and not much better elsewhere, according to the latest UKHSA data, despite the boosters beginning to kick in.
A comprehensive review of studies on face masks for preventing the spread of COVID-19 finds no evidence of benefit.
Revelations of falsified data, oddly identical numbers and inexplicable patterns, deaths and heart attacks higher among the vaccinated, missed safety signals – can anything about the Pfizer vaccine trial be trusted?
The 18th of our round-ups of Covid vaccine safety reports and news from a group of medical doctors to inform the debate on vaccination.
A new study from Norway finds vaccination makes no difference to the risk of dying in hospital from Covid, though it does reduce severity for survivors in terms of length of hospital stay and risk of ICU admission.
The UKHSA's vaccine effectiveness study keeps coming up with estimates much higher than other studies or real-world data suggests. Is this why?
The latest study from the UKHSA finds vaccine effectiveness is declining, but much less than in other studies. Why is that?
© 2026 Skeptics Ltd.
