Day: 23 December 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.

We're publishing a guest post by our in-house doctor, formerly a senior NHS medic, about the hospital data released this afternoon. Does it support the claim that there's an Omicron tsunami heading our way? Er, no.

According to this analysis by MailOnline's Senior Health Reporter, 65% of new Covid patients were admitted to hospital for something other than Covid and only tested positive after they'd been admitted.

Analysis of data from England by the UKHSA released today confirms that the Omicron variant is causing less severe illness than Delta, with risk of emergency admission to hospital reduced by 62%.

The former Head of Health Analysis at the ONS has accused Mark Drakeford of deliberately exaggerating the severity of the Omicron variant to justify tighter Covid restrictions.

On December 27th, the Scottish Government will close all nightclubs for at least three weeks.

The alarmist claims of Neil Ferguson and his modelling team at Imperial College have fuelled vaccine scepticism and led to needless lockdowns being imposed all over Europe, according to several leading scientists.

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".

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.

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.