New York to Relax Rules on Mask-Wearing – with Many Conditions Attached
New York will conform with the latest CDC guidance and relax its mask mandate indoors. This relaxation will only apply...
Day: 17 May 2021
Boris Non-Committal About ‘Freedom Day’
Fears over the Indian Covid variant could delay key announcements from the Prime Minister on "social" distancing and vaccine passports...
“100% Effective in Preventing Hospitalisation and Death”: Repurposed Drug Fluvoxamine Shows Promise for Treating COVID-19
A new overview of the evidence on three overlooked COVID-19 treatments – hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin and fluvoxamine – draws our attention...
Long Covid ‘Symptoms’ in Teens are No Less Common in Those Who Haven’t Had the Virus – Study
Matt Hancock has told young people to get vaccinated because long Covid could "ruin your life". However, new research shows...
Estimated Cost of Government Spending on Covid Rises to £372 Billion
The Government is expected to spend £372 billion in its response to Covid, according to the National Audit Office, with...
Did Lockdown Shift the Burden of COVID-19 Onto the Working Class?
Men in service and elementary occupations were more likely to die of COVID-19 than those in professional and managerial occupations....
More Than 500 U.K. Bank Branches Have Closed during Lockdown
More than 500 bank branches have permanently shut in the U.K. during lockdown, according to a report by Which?, despite...
“The Risk Is That a Small Number of Unvaccinated Idiots Ruin It for Everyone Else,” Says Minister
The Government is considering extending lockdown beyond June 21st to protect those who refuse the vaccine from the Indian variant....
Fright Night
Today we're publishing an excerpt from Laura Dodsworth's new book, A State of Fear: how the UK government weaponised fear...
News Round Up
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about the virus in the past 24 hours –...
