Day: 9 April 2022

China has locked down its largest city, Shanghai, and quarantined in camps the 20,000 who've tested positive, but claims only 300 are symptomatic. Are the rest false positives, now confined with the infectious?

Although polls show strong support for the war among Russians, respondents might be lying. A new survey using a clever method indicates that support for the war likely is overstated, though still very substantial.

A preprint study in the Lancet has analysed the mortality data from the Covid vaccine trials and found that mRNA vaccines increase the risk of heart-related deaths by up to 50%.

Data from New Zealand show the vaccinated are up to six times more likely to be infected than the unvaccinated, casting further doubt on the efficacy of the vaccines.

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.