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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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Wales Would “Not Rule Out” Recruiting Unvaccinated NHS Workers Sacked in England Over Vaccine Mandate
Mark Drakeford – who has consistently erred on the side of totalitarian when responding to the pandemic – has said he would "not rule out" recruiting NHS workers from England who are sacked due to the vaccine mandate.
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WHO Claims We’re Only at “Halfway Mark” of Pandemic and Warns Against Treating Covid Like Flu
The World Health Organisation has said we are only at the "halfway mark" of the pandemic and warned against treating Covid like flu, days after the Government said it intended to do just that.
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2021 Less Deadly Than 2015, ONS Data Show
New data from the ONS show that the pandemic year of 2021 was less deadly than 2015 – and that was pre-Omicron. Can we go back to normal yet?
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Government Scraps Covid Tests for Travel – But Only For the Vaccinated, Despite Government Data Showing the Vaccinated Have Higher Infection Rates
Holidaymakers will no longer have to take any Covid tests for travel abroad, Boris Johnson has said – but only if double-vaccinated. Why, when no one now pretends two doses provide any protection against Covid infection?
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New York Times Mentions ‘Original Antigenic Sin’
Original antigenic sin could explain why infection rates are higher among the double-vaccinated. Now the New York Times has noted that getting boosters too often may be "harmful" because of "original antigenic sin".
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Macron Says, “No Vaxx, No Citizenship” as France Unveils New, Stricter Vaccine Passports
Under France's vaccine passport, the vaccine is being treated as a mystical state that incorporates people into the collective body. Vaccination now is like a sacrament; through the vaccine we are joining the community.
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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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The Day Lockdown Was Invented
Today, January 23rd, is the day, in 2020, when the world changed as China first implemented in Wuhan the novel public health policy that has come to define the COVID-19 pandemic. Will we ever now escape from its legacy?
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Glorious Leader Nic Sturge-on Refuses to Rule Out Mask Wearing For Years and Attacks England as ‘Outlier’
Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said mask rules could remain in place for years as they are "not the biggest handicap" people are having to endure. Will she ever let it be over?
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