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Postcard From Botswana
We're publishing a postcard from Botswana on the Daily Sceptic by local resident Felicity FitzGerald, who points out that putting Botswana back on the red list will have a devastating effect on the local tourism industry.
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SAGE Adviser Says That The New Omicron Variant Is “Not a Disaster”
Professor Calum Semple, a SAGE adviser, has said that the vaccine is still effective in preventing severe illness and death from the Omicron variant.
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Chris Whitty Worried That the Public Won’t Accept New Covid Restrictions
Chris Whitty, England’s Chief Medical Officer, has recently told a panel discussion his concern that it will be harder for the Government to get the public to comply with any new Covid restrictions.
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NHS Backlog for Missed Cancer Diagnoses May Hit 50,000
The charity Macmillan Cancer Support has estimated that, since the first lockdown, there have been roughly 50,000 missed cancer diagnoses, with the problem likely to remain unresolved for some time to come.
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Postcard From Austria
We're publishing a postcard from Austria on the Daily Sceptic by ex-academic Mark Frood describing the full horror of the Austrian Government's recent shift to untrammelled authoritarianism.
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News Round-Up
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.
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Republic of Ireland to Begin Vaccinating Children as Soon as Possible
The Republic of Ireland is already planning a campaign to vaccinate the nation's children after the European Medicines Agency approved use of the Pfizer jab for five to 11 year-olds.
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Nu Variant: Sajid Javid Says U.K. “Must Move Quickly, and At The Earliest Possible Moment”
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."
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Victoria’s Mandatory Vaccination Law Comes into Force
In the Australian state of Victoria, a vaccine mandate covering 1 million people in the workforce has recently come into effect.
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ONS Slapped Down by UK Statistics Watchdog For Misleading Claim that Unvaccinated Have “32 Times” Risk of Covid Death
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".
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