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.
Day: 5 November 2021
Daily Covid cases fall 22% in a week to 34,029
England's number of daily Covid cases continues to fall, despite Boris ignoring calls to re-impose restrictions. This afternoon's update from the Department of Health's shows a 22% fall compared to last Friday.
Californian Town Declares Itself a Constitutional Republic to Oppose the State’s Covid Laws
The city of Oroville in California has declared itself a constitutional republic in defiance of the state's Covid restrictions.
Death of the NHS Covid Pingdemic App
The app responsible for England's hated 'pingdemic' is on the brink of death, according to experts. NHS data showed usage is up to 180 times lower than it was. Fantastic news!
Children’s Doctor Says He Needs to See More Data Before He Would Vaccinate His Own Children
A children's doctor has stated that those under the age of 11 must not receive a Covid vaccine until more data becomes available.
No Way of Knowing Whether Scotland’s Vaccine Passport Scheme Reduces Transmission, Says Deputy First Minister
The SNP Deputy First Minister has admitted that the Scottish Government has no evidence for whether its vaccine passport scheme reduces Covid transmission.
Safetyism Kills
The FT reports that rich countries have given more *booster* doses than poor countries have given *total* doses. Why so few doses in poor countries? Rich countries wasted millions on young healthy people.
Infection Rates More than Twice as High in the Vaccinated, New UKHSA Data Shows, as Agency Dismisses Own Data as ‘Biased’. But Why No New VE Estimate Since May?
This week's UKHSA report shows infection rates twice as high in the vaccinated versus the unvaccinated – but dismisses its own data as biased. Why, though, has the agency not updated its VE estimates since May?
