The Austrian Government has done a massive U-turn on vaccine passports. From March 5th, the unvaccinated will be allowed back into restaurants, cafes and bars. Mandatory vaccination law now unlikely to be implemented.
Public Health Scotland has announced that it is no longer going to publish its Covid rates by vaccination status. Purportedly this is because it is being misrepresented, but more likely it's because it looks so bad.
The JCVI has advised that 5-11 year-olds should be vaccinated, even though it admits 85% have had the virus, the vaccines don't prevent infection, and there are known and unknown harms. It is a decision it will regret.
It is difficult to imagine a scenario where caution would be more necessary than vaccinating healthy children against an illness that poses such a low risk of serious illness and death to them.
Why are reported Covid deaths in Denmark approaching a record high, despite high levels of vaccination and the mildness of Omicron? It is all the more perplexing because ICU numbers are right down low.
