Analysis of official data by Professor Anthony Brookes, an expert in genetics and health data at the University of Leicester and a Daily Sceptic contributor, has shown that the risk of death from Covid for over-70s has decreased by tenfold compared to a year ago. Speaking to the Express, Prof Brookes said Covid no longer posed a significant threat to “the vast majority of people”.
We will not be in anything like the same place in January 2022 as we were in January 2021. Infected individuals are at dramatically less risk of becoming seriously ill or dying than a year ago. Over the last month the risk has been dropping further thanks to Omicron now accounting for around 95% of cases in England. Omicron is around four-fold less dangerous – it’s like nature’s vaccine. There has always been over a thousand fold difference in risk of serious illness or death between the old and the young. Currently the risk of death for the population as a whole is no worse than for seasonal influenza. For healthy children the risk is miniscule.
Younger people now have a higher risk of dying from a car crash in a whole year, than they do from COVID-19. Since their serious Covid risk is already very low, it is hard to identify any good reason for imposing or coercing youngsters to take on the known risks of vaccination. COVID-19 is progressively evolving to become another form of the common cold. Omicron takes us further down that path by reducing IFR at least three-fold. Would a normal society undertake mass testing and require isolation for the common cold?
His analysis, based on ONS infection survey data and death data, shows that at the start of the pandemic people over 70 had roughly a 10% risk of dying from COVID-19 if infected, but the infection fatality rate (IFR) has now fallen to 1-2% for this age group. The chart below, which owing to the three-week lag runs to the end of November, so does not cover the Omicron surge, has been supplied to the Daily Sceptic by Prof Brookes.
Professor Paul Hunter, an expert in infectious disease at the University of East Anglia, said:
There is no doubt the illness we are seeing now is less severe than at the start. We are seeing a big shift towards Covid becoming the common cold due to a range of factors including prior infection and vaccines. There is a point where we have to ask why are we testing and isolating people who just have a common cold?
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What a disgusting little money grubber May is, someone of so little moral fibre yet so preachy.
Isn’t she a very regular church goer??
Is she a ‘goer’?
Well she did have lots of photo ops outside church but some questioned whether she actually went into the Church’s. Would she tolerate a rival preacher in the same place?
At least the Queen did actually go into the church at Balmoral.
“Follow the money”.
Never fails.
Always leads to ‘the science’ and associated philosophical gospel and religous sermonising.
I think you will find Tony B’liar will have had a similar payment structure. All his so called “Speech” fundings will be in US dollars via payment’s by the back door for services rendered re Iraq. All his fees will be paid via a group of private companies that are used for the sole purpose of legitimatising payments paid by the US government. Ditto all the other HMG ministers over the years, for services rendered to the USA.
Well at least Tony Blair has admitted whatever the UK does regarding Net Zero, it will have no effect on global climate. How bizarre that a politician whose government gave us the climate change act in 2008, now admits that it is a sham. ——-Why doesn’t he just go the whole hog and admit is was never anything to do with the climate. It is pure eco socialism.
Fascinating
All of this fails to pass the smell test .The troughers present and past in the countries parliament have created a dark haze and stench of corruption fed by their Globalist paymasters .
The law needs changing such that anything that affects UK citizens that is driven by any supranational/ unaccountable ie non UK organisation must be voted on via referendum .
Current example being WHO pandemic policy plus of course the clusterfuck that Nett Zero is now and will be infuture ..
The UN is the devil here ..
The UN is the puppet cross of the devil.
Its just that its too late. ——The whole political establishment, the whole of the media, except maybe a bit of Fox or GB News (at times) and Trump are in on this top down control of the worlds wealth and resources by the global government in waiting at the UN. You and I and all the other readers here can rant all we want but no one is listening. The vast majority tune in at 6 pm to mainstream for their news and are brainwashed daily by climate propaganda and the idea of a climate crisis has become entrenched in their brain.
Not only this, but the various ‘publishing deals’ for politicians’ memoirs. Money laundering bribes, that’s what it is.
Needs a thorough investigation, trials and imprisonment.
Not forgetting David Milliband’s cushty NY based ‘charity’ directorship, Nick Clegg’s cushty role at Meta/Facebook and then there is David Cameron’s decision to make his personal company a private entity rather than a PLC once he left parliament, therefore negating the requirement to publish his accounts.
Related but separate, the rumours of Tony Blair becoming head of the WEF post Schwab are alarming…yet also I suspect the step too far that will blow the lid of this thing.
How could any Tory MP affiliate themselves to the WEF with him in charge? traitors to their party and country.
“How could any Tory MP affiliate themselves to the WEF with him in charge?”
Quite easily. The party of the ‘heir to Blair’ will have no difficulty at all.
And what are to think of the suckers who vote for them? They are dangerous people too.
Career politicians – that’s most of them – of course regard Office as an apprenticeship and where they can showcase themselves with a view to board directorships, consultancy work, speaking tours, sales of their memoirs and jobs on international bodies. The real money comes after they leave behind the wreckage they have caused.
Why do you ask?
On a side note but related topic. It is worth noting how many of the side-events at the recent Labour conference where hosted by the Tony B IFGC. It’s clear who is pulling the Labour party strings.
The speech circuit is the current Western equivalent of African or Arabian suitcases with cash.
Nothing else.
We are equally corrupt, but they are at least more honest than us.
Two further thoughts:
could her screw up of Brexit be another cause of her otherwise incredible earnings. There must be many Remainers who admire that.
could the devil himself be the ringmaster who proposes policies to be followed and procures the payments later. Blair, of course would be the first suspect.
someone in politics will know the answer.
Blatant money laundering. ‘Their’ puppet has danced to ‘their’ tune and must now be amply rewarded but inconspicuously so. Speaking engagements are clearly a good ploy for this but upon scrutiny who on earth would pay someone without a f**king clue about anything so much money? I mean what can Theresa May possibly have to say about anything. She’s got not a single creative idea in her head. It’s a game. Anyone believing that May gets paid for her thoughts on anything is seriously deluded.
When Bliar launched himself on the “speaking circuit” I said much the same. Why would anyone pay money to listen to a thieving, treasonous toe-rag like Bliar.
Money laundering as payment for services delivered.
This is the kind of great investigatory reporting that is now completely missing from the corporate media. That in itself deserves some investigation too.
Leaflet – Your Taxes Enrich Wind And Solar Companies
And failed politicians
How’s that called when politicians take money from shady foreign entities for implementing policies which go against the good of their own country? Ok, nowadays, it’s called Acting for the greater good but how used it to be called?
Its about time the public realised that our politicians are only answerable to external commercial interests.
Obsborne as Chancellor made sure we racked up a huge national debt which is not in our interests but it is in the interests of external UK and foreign commercial concerns.
The words ‘treason’ and ‘traitor’ come to mind.
And Cameron helped him do it.
It is far worse than people realise for example the dreadful way in which retired wind turbines are disposed of. Non-biodegradable plastics of huge proprtions just hidden or buried in the ground. If you really understood the situation with nuclear waste. It is crazy when you look at the big picture and what they are doing to it whilst pretending to do the opposite. You have to understand the level of capture. If you don’t then just try to carry on for the next few years. Trust me you won’t last the next six months this is a different time.
Good God! It’s all about the money. Not a principle in sight. Disgraceful.
Like the EU awarding…ahem…”prizes”. No doubt “grants” from philanthropic foundations serve a similar purpose. Who pays the piper…
It reminds me of the Robin Williams quote
Politicians should wear Sponsor jackets like NASCAR drivers so we know who owns them.
Mummy, where do politicians come from?
Well darling, when a clown and a serial killer love each other very much …..”
The article says “May tied the country to net zero”. ——-What? Do all other politicians not have an opinion then? They had the chance to vote on this amendment and none of them voted against it. It was simply waved through. ——-But ok so most policies you would think are put in place because they will have an effect on something , or at least that is the intention. But Net Zero will have no effect on global climate. So why do it? ——–The answer to that question is crucial and it is this. ————It isn’t about the climate, and it never was.
And let us not forget that all of these payments would be tax deductible. So much of these payments will be funded by your tax money. What a scam these elites have rigged up. Me, me, me, me, me seems to be the theme! Just need to add some music.
My grannie (from Huddersfield) said there was no way I could make a car out of spaghetti. You should have seen her face when I drove past her.