Despite spectacular levels of spending and impressive vaccination rates, the U.K. has fared poorly in the pandemic compared both to one of Europe's poorer countries and to other island nations.
The latest PHE vaccine report shows vaccine effectiveness continues to decline in the over-40s as infection rates in the vaccinated now exceed those in the unvaccinated by up to 66%.
There were 90 more deaths among 15-19 year-olds in summer 2021 than in summer 2020, but only 9 Covid deaths. Have the vaccines killed nine times as many teenagers as Covid this summer, or is there another explanation?
Is the threat of hospitals being 'overwhelmed' or 'collapsing' really serious when South Korea claims it will happen if 'cases' go above just 4,000 a day?
The latest report from the ONS Infection Survey claims to show that masks up to halve infection risk and vaccines are better than natural immunity. But it's full of problems.
The Spanish flu and Swine flu are both made much worse when a particular bacterium is present at the same time. Could Covid behave similarly?
Infection rates in the over-40s are now even higher in the vaccinated than in the unvaccinated – and no amount of 'fact-checking' will change that.
When it comes to providing the public with full, clear, honest information about Covid and the vaccines, the Government has been caught repeatedly putting spin and narrative ahead of transparency and truth.
If the vaccines are highly effective against serious disease and death, why are the hospitalisation and death rates in Israel no better now than in 2020?
Acknowledging that variants drive surges is not to buy into fear of 'scariants' but to see why peaks and falls have little or nothing to do with imposing or lifting restrictions.
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