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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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On Being Shanghaied

China has locked down its largest city, Shanghai, and quarantined in camps the 20,000 who've tested positive, but claims only 300 are symptomatic. Are the rest false positives, now confined with the infectious?

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Do Russians Support the War?

Although polls show strong support for the war among Russians, respondents might be lying. A new survey using a clever method indicates that support for the war likely is overstated, though still very substantial.

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Covid Vaccines Increase Risk of Heart-Related Deaths by Up to 50%, Lancet Analysis of Trial Data Finds

A preprint study in the Lancet has analysed the mortality data from the Covid vaccine trials and found that mRNA vaccines increase the risk of heart-related deaths by up to 50%.

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Vaccinated Have Up To SIX Times the Infection Rate of Unvaccinated, New Zealand Government Data Show

Data from New Zealand show the vaccinated are up to six times more likely to be infected than the unvaccinated, casting further doubt on the efficacy of the vaccines.

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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.

Read more

ONS Data Show Covid Infections Peaking at Record High – But NHS 111 Data Paint a Very Different Picture of Prevalence Way Down at Pre-Omicron Levels

Reported Covid infections have dropped to their lowest figure in a month, as ONS survey data indicate the Omicron BA.2 wave has peaked in England, albeit at a record high. But NHS 111 data paint a very different picture.

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Boris Johnson Says He Will Lock Down the Country Again if it “Saves Lives”

Boris Johnson has admitted he "can't rule out" plunging the U.K. into a Covid lockdown again, despite only just releasing the nation from two years of crippling on-off restrictions. He's learned nothing, it seems.

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Hospitals Clogged With ‘Well’ Patients – 16% of Patients Are Fit to Be Discharged But Are Blocking Beds

NHS beds are being blocked by 'well' patients, new figures show, with 16% of beds occupied by those fit to leave, and 71% of the fit-to-leave failing to be discharged, adding to hospital pressures.

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The 23,000 Unexplained Deaths in England and Wales That Raise Serious Questions of Vaccine Safety

Take out the noise from the mortality data for England and Wales and what you find are 23,000 additional deaths since the vaccine rollout began that urgently need to be explained.

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