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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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Number 10 Plays Down Idea That Vaccine Passports Are Dead and Buried
Number 10 is already downplaying the idea that vaccine passports are dead and buried, insisting that they could still form a "first-line defence" against a winter wave of Covid.
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COVID-19 and ‘Politician’s Logic’
The fallacy of 'politician's logic' was popularised by the much-loved British sitcom Yes, Prime Minister. And it seems to explain lockdown: 'Something must be done; lockdown is something; therefore we must do it.'
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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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Boris Due to Announce End of Lockdowns
According to the Telegraph, Boris is about to announce a new policy: no more national lockdowns. Yet another tease of Tuesday's speech. They've all been good so far, save for going ahead with vaccinating children.
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The End Is Not Nigh: Tory MPs Fear Return of Plans for Vaccine Passports
Some Tory MPs are concerned that plans for vaccine passports have simply been put on hold rather than scrapped altogether, given that Sajid Javid says ministers will "keep them in reserve as a potential option".
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Collateral Global Launches Crowdfunder to Pay For Independent Research
Collateral Global, a newly formed UK-based charity dedicated to researching the effectiveness of the lockdowns and associated restrictions, has launched a crowdfunder to help pay for its research.
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Pfizer Initially Turned Down Offer to Develop Covid Vaccine, Believing Virus Would Be “Controlled”
Pfizer initially turned down an offer to develop a Covid vaccine because executives believed the virus could be “controlled” and that mRNA technology was too experimental.
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Robert Peston Shocked by Lack of Debate on Vaccine Effectiveness – Before Caving to Critics and Apologising for Questioning Vaccine Effectiveness
ITV journalist Robert Peston highlighted the recent PHE data showing higher infection rates in the vaccinated and wondered why this was not being more widely reported – then quickly found out.
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Vaccine Roll-Out for Healthy 12-15 Year-Olds Could Begin as Soon as September 22nd
Ministers may be scrapping plans to introduce vaccine passports this month but they seem determined to push on with the vaccination of 12-15 year-olds, with reports suggesting the roll-out could begin on September 22nd.
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