Government vaccine adviser Professor Adam Finn said today that as a matter of principle children shouldn't be vaccinated because of the side effects, if the virus can be controlled without it. A welcome change of tune.
There are reports that there is increasing optimism across Government that the roadmap will be able to proceed as planned, with Boris Johnson said to be unpersuaded that the data suggests a need for delay.
A round-up of Covid vaccine safety reports and news from a group of medical doctors to inform the debate on vaccination.
Prof Neil Ferguson appeared on the Today programme this morning where he took a surprisingly sanguine attitude to emerging data on the Indian variant in the UK. Does this mean we can have our freedom back, Boris?
Boris Johnson's former chief adviser Dominic Cummings has thrown his latest blast at the Government for not being enough like China and locking down faster and harder. But has he got his facts right?
A new overview of the evidence on three overlooked COVID-19 treatments – hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin and fluvoxamine – draws our attention to fluvoxamine and its neglected potential.
Matt Hancock has told young people to get vaccinated because long Covid could "ruin your life". However, new research shows the symptoms of long Covid in teens are no less common in those who have not had the virus.
A new study from India claims that the AstraZeneca vaccine offers 97% protection against Covid infection. But it's just a press release, there's no control group, and the figures don't make sense.
Professor Robert Dingwall, a member of NERVTAG, appeared on BBC Radio 5 this morning to talk about the Indian variant, vaccines, models, masks and lockdowns. This is about as sceptical as you will get on the BBC.
A central assumption of SAGE's latest model of doom is that the lockdowns are holding back the flood. When will the evidence from free states like Florida, Texas and South Dakota break through the groupthink?
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