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£37 billion Test and Trace Scheme May Have Prevented Just 6% of Covid Cases
NHS Test and Trace, which has cost the taxpayer £38 billion, may have only prevented 6% of Covid infections, according to a new official report.
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English Patients Could Get Routine Annual Covid Jabs at Same Time as They Get Flu Vaccinations, Says Nadhim Zahawi
With invites for booster jabs set to be sent to the over-50s in the coming weeks, Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi says patients could get routine annual Covid vaccines at the same time as they get their flu vaccinations.
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The Unintended Consequences of Vaccine Passports
Vaccine passports could have unintended consequences. If vulnerable people are led to believe – wrongly – that the vaccines have strong efficacy against infection, they might take more risks than they otherwise would.
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More than 20 Countries Could Be Moved from the ‘Red List’ to the ‘Green List’ This Week
Up to 24 countries are expected to be moved from the Red List to the Green list later this week, but a new travel system is being devised which would be based purely on vaccination status.
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Why is the ONS Claiming Just 1% of Covid Deaths Are in the Vaccinated When PHE Data Shows the True Figure For August was 70%?
A new ONS study purports to show that just 1% of Covid deaths are in the vaccinated. Yet PHE data released this week shows the true figure for August was 70%.
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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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And Finally…
In tonight's London Calling, James Delingpole and I rage about the decision to vaccinate kids, lament the weaponisation of Emma Raducanu and celebrate Stanley Tucci's victory over Meghan Markle in last night's Emmy Awards.
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Fury as Government Green Lights Vaccines for Healthy Kids
Nadhim Zahawi said in a House of Commons speech tonight that the vaccination of healthy 12-15 year-olds would go ahead – and confirmed that children, not their parents, would have the final say about whether to get jabbed.
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Nearly a Third of Arrivals between March and May Suspected of Having Broken Quarantine Rules
More than 300,000 arrivals from 'Amber List' countries are suspected to have broken quarantine rules between March and May – close to a third of all arrivals from these destinations in this time.
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Chief Medical Officers Say All U.K. Teenagers Should Be Vaccinated against Covid
The U.K.'s four Chief Medical Officers have advised that healthy teenagers should be given Covid jabs, meaning the Government will push on with its roll-out despite being warned by the JCVI of the risk of side effects.
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