News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
A recent New York Times article claims that "Britain had more daily Covid-related deaths during the surge involving B.1.1.7". However, peak weekly mortality was actually lower in the second wave than in the first.
Two new studies have shown that the Kent Covid variant – which Boris Johnson previously said "may be associated with a higher degree of mortality" – does not cause more severe disease, despite being more transmissible.
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