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Australia’s Chief Pharmacist Says The Public “Need To Accept” Booster Jabs And Mask Wearing For Years To Come
Trent Twomey, a leading Australian pharmacist, has said that mask wearing and booster jab rollouts will continue for many years, which the public just "need to accept".
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Just Say No, Prime Minister
This is a pivotal moment. If Boris holds his nerve, refuses to impose any further restrictions and the Omicron outbreak burns itself out of its own accord, the spell cast by SAGE over the nation could finally be broken.
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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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Omicron Hospitalisation Rate Just a FIFTH of Delta, Study From South Africa Finds
A pre-print study from South Africa published on Tuesday has found that the risk of being hospitalised with Omicron is just a fifth of the risk with Delta. Yet SAGE continues to call for lockdown.
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Newcastle Football Fans Told To Re-Consider Going to Sunday’s Match
Professor Eugene Milne, Newcastle's Director of Public Health, has said that Newcastle fans should re-consider going to Sunday's match against Manchester United due to the spread of the Omicron variant in the area.
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Triple-Vaccinated More Than FOUR Times As Likely to Test Positive For Omicron Than Unvaccinated, Data Shows
According to new ONS data, the triple-vaccinated are 4.5 times more likely to test positive for Omicron than the unvaccinated. The double-vaccinated, meanwhile, are 2.3 times more likely to have Omicron.
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Care Minister Says New Year’s Eve Celebrations Could Be Cancelled
Gillian Keegan, the Care Minister, has said that New Year's Eve celebrations might have to be cancelled due to fears about the Omicron variant.
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Both Right and Left-Wing Authoritarianism Predict Support for Lockdown
The psychologist Joseph Manson analysed data on a sample of Americans from April of 2020. He found that both right and left-wing authoritarianism predicted support for lockdowns and other restrictions.
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Soon to be Published UKHSA Data Shows Omicron Milder Than Delta
The U.K. Health Security Agency, the successor organisation to Public Health England, is about to publish its first detailed analysis of Omicron which suggests it causes milder disease than the Delta variant.
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Archbishop Justin Welby Criticises the Unvaccinated for Going Against ‘Love Thy Neighbour’
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has said that those who do not wish to be vaccinated are going against the Christian principle of 'love thy neighbour'.
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