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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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Two More Downing Street Parties Come to Light
The Telegraph has an exclusive: Two leaving events for No 10 staff were held on eve of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral, at which Her Majesty was forced to grieve alone due to Covid rules.
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Don’t Look Up Gets it Backwards: Doom-Mongers Making Apocalyptic Predictions Aren’t Treated With Nearly Enough Scepticism
Why does the writer of Don't Look Up think people aren't panicking enough about climate change? The entire professional class are running around like headless chickens, saying, "Omigod! The world's going to catch fire!"
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U.K. Lockdown “Working” as Cases Plummet. “Thank God I Listened to Neil Ferguson,” Says Boris.
Cases of COVID-19 in England fell again today with 97,770 reported, the first time there have been fewer than 100,000 reported since December 27th and a drop of 36% in a week.
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Daily Covid Cases Fall by Nearly 40% in a Week – Eighth Day in a Row Cases Have Fallen, Week-on-Week
Britain's Omicron wave continued to collapse today as coronavirus cases fell for the eighth day in a row and hospital admissions remained flat. Meanwhile, the NHS is still putting finishing touches to Nightingale 'hubs'.
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Covid Vaccines: One Death per 8,000 People in Iceland, Serious Adverse Events 800-FOLD Higher Than With Earlier Vaccine Withdrawn on Safety Grounds
Iceland has had 268 serious adverse events reported with the Covid vaccines, including 35 deaths. This is 800-fold higher than with the swine flu vaccine in the US, which was withdrawn on safety grounds.
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Self-Isolation Cut By One Day
Self-isolation is to be cut to five days in England, as Ministers start to relax Covid rules at the glacial pace we've all become accustomed to these past two years.
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France Lifts Ban on U.K. Tourists – But Only the Vaccinated, Despite Them Having the Vast Majority of Infections
France has said it will lift its ban on UK tourists tomorrow after pleas from the tourism industry – but only for the vaccinated, despite current infections being overwhelmingly in vaccinated people.
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The Betrayal of Public Health During The Covid Pandemic
Dr Alan Mordue, a retired Consultant in Public Health Medicine, writes for the Daily Sceptic of his alarm that important principles of public health have been jettisoned in the pandemic.
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Van-Tam Quits
Jonathan Van-Tam is leaving his post as Deputy Chief Medical Officer. The Government senior adviser, who has become a household name, will leave his post at the end of March. Rats and sinking ships spring to mind.
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