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Hardware Problem Fixed – Happy Boxing Day
The Daily Sceptic is now back up, having been offline for about 30 hours. We're almost certain it didn't go down as the result of a malicious attack. Rather, it was a hardware fault. Luckily, everything was backed up.
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Vaccine Escape Mutations “Will Become a Major Mechanism of Transmission”, Say Researchers
Back in January, Sir Patrick Vallance said, "The more you vaccinate, the more you put evolutionary pressure on the virus." A recent paper argues that mass vaccination has selected for vaccine escape mutations.
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One in Three Covid Patients May Have Caught Virus in Hospital
Up to one in three Covid patients may have caught the illness in hospital, official figures show. That makes it hard to use the Covid hospitalisation data to justify new lockdown restrictions.
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Omicron Declining in London, Data Suggests
The latest data from the UKHSA suggests that reported probable Omicron infections in London are already declining.
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Happy Christmas to All Our Readers
Happy Christmas to all the readers of the Daily Sceptic and a special thank you to all those who've donated to the site over the past 12 months.
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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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Vaccine Effectiveness Drops to Minus-75% in 18-29 Years-Olds as Omicron Slices Through Vaccine Protection and Booster Effect Starts to Wear Off
The latest UKHSA data shows a sharp drop in unadjusted vaccine effectiveness in 18-29 year-olds, down to minus-75% in the month ending December 19th, from minus-10% the previous week.
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You Are a Third Less Likely to Catch Covid this Christmas Than Last Christmas and 80% Less Likely to Die From It. So Why the Panic?
We're republishing in the Daily Sceptic the latest report by James Ferguson, a financial analyst, who argues – quite convincingly – that not only is Omicron considerably milder than Delta but also less transmissible.
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Head of UKHSA Says New Year’s Eve Events May Still Be Cancelled
Dr. Jenny Harries, the Head of the U.K. Health Security Agency, has declared that New Year's Eve events could still be cancelled in order to prevent the Omicron variant from causing staff shortages.
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Patrick Vallance’s Defence of SAGE Modelling Fails to Convince
Patrick Vallance has come to the defence of SAGE after some torrid headlines this week following revelations from lead modeller Graham Medley that Government had not asked them to model less disastrous scenarios.
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