Day: 14 September 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.

"Did the Government and its scientific advisors implement public health measures that were proportionate to the risk?" asks Graham Stringer MP, co-chair of the new Pandemic All-Party Parliamentary Group.

Vaccine passports will be introduced with a weeks notice if infections don't stay low this winter, and we could see the return of mask mandates as well as of a whole new lockdown, the Government has announced.

NHS Test and Trace, which has cost the taxpayer £38 billion, may have only prevented 6% of Covid infections, according to a new official report.

With invites for booster jabs set to be sent to the over-50s in the coming weeks, Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi says patients could get routine annual Covid vaccines at the same time as they get their flu vaccinations.

Vaccine passports could have unintended consequences. If vulnerable people are led to believe – wrongly – that the vaccines have strong efficacy against infection, they might take more risks than they otherwise would.

Up to 24 countries are expected to be moved from the Red List to the Green list later this week, but a new travel system is being devised which would be based purely on vaccination status.

A new ONS study purports to show that just 1% of Covid deaths are in the vaccinated. Yet PHE data released this week shows the true figure for August was 70%.

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.