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NHS Trust Will Not Inform Parents If Their Child Requests to Be Vaccinated
A Sussex-based NHS Trust has created a leaflet informing young people that, should they decide to have the vaccine, their parents will not be notified about their decision.
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Leaked Whitehall Document Reveals That the Government Intends to Dramatically Scale Back Its Covid Response Early Next Year
A leaked Whitehall document has unveiled that the Government will abandon a 'zero-Covid' strategy, substantially reducing its direct involvement in fighting the virus.
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Ministers Believe Boris’s Freedom Day ‘Gamble’ has Paid Off
According to the Mail on Sunday, ministers privately believe that falling Covid infection levels in the U.K. amount to a vindication of Boris Johnson’s decision to release lockdown restrictions early.
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Norway Study Finds ZERO Vaccine Effectiveness Against Death for Covid Hospital Patients
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.
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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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Protests Erupt in Melbourne to Oppose Government’s Emergency Powers
Following the Australian state of Victoria introducing new emergency powers, thousands have taken to the streets of Melbourne to protest.
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U.K. Tourism Industry Crashing Due to Boris’s Mishandling of Brexit and the Pandemic, says CNN
According a report for CNN, Britain's tourism industry is in deep trouble due to a combination of Brexit and Boris Johnson's cavalier attitude to suppressing Covid infections. No mask mandates, no tourists, says CNN.
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German Leaders to Debate Imposing National Restrictions On The Unvaccinated
Some states in Germany have already imposed restrictions on the unvaccinated, but Federal lawmakers are meeting on Thursday to discuss whether these rules should be applied nationally.
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Professor Neil Ferguson Says Netherlands-Style Lockdown Unlikely in Britain
Professor Neil Ferguson has said that Britain is unlikely to need a winter lockdown because high cases numbers earlier in the year mean antibody levels are higher in the U.K. than Holland or Germany.
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Businesses Cancel ‘Super-Spreader’ Christmas Office Parties
Many businesses have chosen not to host an office Christmas party this year due to fear of staff contracting Covid.
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