Unadjusted vaccine effectiveness against infection is negative against Omicron for the triple-jabbed over-30s, new UKHSA data show, meaning infection rates per 100,000 are higher in the triple vaccinated.
There is one argument capable of persuading even the most sceptical of vaccine sceptics to get jabbed. Click on the link to find out what it is.
Parent group UsForThem has urged parents to fight back against the teaching unions that have urged schools to ignore the easing of Plan B restrictions in schools.
Sajid Javid must urgently and thoroughly investigate the recent spike in child deaths, and halt any vaccine doses for children until vaccination has been ruled out as a cause.
Masks will still be required on London transport, Sadiq Khan has said, despite the end of Plan B. The worry is that Khan really believes the fairy story that filthy face rags stop Covid outbreaks.
The Omicron surge in America appears to be peaking, according to analysis by J.P. Morgan. But why are hospitalisations at record highs in some of the most vaccinated states?
A CDC study has found that natural immunity is superior to vaccine immunity, and that being vaccinated on top of being infected makes little difference, confirming the findings of several studies in other countries.
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.
