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26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Denmark’s policy towards vaccination in the autumn of 2022 will focus on the over-50s; the under-50s will only get a booster if a doctor recommends it, as the country shifts to treating Covid like flu.
Danny Altmann, Professor of Immunology at Imperial, writes that rather than sliding into a comfortable relationship with Covid, it's "more like being trapped on a rollercoaster in a horror film". But is this true?
Hot on the heels of Frances Ryan in the Guardian calling for the return of masks, mass-testing and self-isolation, Channel 5 presenter Jeremy Vine has said vulnerable people should stay home and shield once more.
The Government of South Africa has announced the end of all Covid restrictions in what it describes as a "very historic day" and a "turning point since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the world and in the country".
Now that the virus has become endemic, it is time to move on. But it is not time to forget. For if we forget we are in danger of repeating this horrifying experiment.
Business and current affairs magazine the Economist has suggested that instead of treating Covid like the flu, we should start treating the flu like Covid.
People in Wales will no longer be legally required to wear face coverings in health and social care services from Monday as the final UK legal restriction is lifted. But Mark Drakeford says they're really "on hold".
Covid levels continued to drop in England last week, falling to their lowest levels since the start of December before Omicron took off. ONS data also suggest BA.2 may be half as deadly as BA.1.
Public satisfaction with family doctors in Scotland has plummeted to a record low since the first lockdown when they began to refuse to see patients in person, a study has found.
The UK's daily Covid statistics were axed on Monday as the country moves forward in the pandemic, moving to publishing twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays. England's data will continue to appear daily.
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