Day: 29 August 2021

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.

Reported infections in England are rising in the most vaccinated age groups while they fall in the under 40s, and hospital admissions are getting older again. Is this a sign of declining vaccine effectiveness?

Dr. Anthony Fauci says it is a "good idea" to ban unvaccinated American children from going to school and has accused his opponents of merely "politicising" the debate.

Leading lockdown sceptic Alex Berenson, a former New York Times science reporter, has been permanently suspended from Twitter following a tweet pointing out some of the limitations of the Covid vaccines last week.

A Portuguese judge has filed a criminal complaint against the Portuguese Government, including the President of the Republic, for their mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis.

Older Brits were first invited to come forward for their second Covid vaccine dose months ago, but hundreds of thousands have decided not to turn up, according to new figures.

Health officials in New South Wales say it is "very difficult to know" whether 'Covid deaths' are actually caused by the virus and will finally start recording patients as dying "with" instead of "from" Covid.

There's a good piece in the Mail on Sunday today questioning whether it's sensible for the Government to continue updating the Covid dashboard every day, given how obsessed we've all become with the data.

Top U.K. universities are chartering flights to bring Chinese students into the country next month in an effort to overcome travel restrictions. Britain's Chinese students account for a fifth of all tuition fee income.

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.