PHE’s Latest Vaccine Study Suggests Hospitalisation Risk INCREASES After the Second Dose
With topsy-turvy results for doses 1 and 2 and confidence intervals wide enough to drive a bus through, PHE's latest vaccine study leaves a lot to be desired.
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Claims the Indian Variant is “Hyper-Transmissible” are Nonsense – And Here’s the Graph that Proves It
When the infectiousness (secondary attack rate) of the Delta variant over time is plotted against that of other variants it becomes clear that claims it is hyper-transmissible make no sense.
PHE Briefing Claims Indian Variant is 64% More Infectious – But Dig Down and the Finding Falls Apart
PHE released their latest technical briefing yesterday which claims the Delta variant is 64% more infectious than the Alpha variant. But look closer and this headline finding is not all it seems.
22,000 People Gather in Florida for First Live Music Festival Since Covid
No vaccine passports (they're banned), no tests, no masks, no distancing – 22,000 people packed together for an outdoor live music event in Florida. Is the dithering UK Government paying attention?
More Scaremongering From PHE About the “Twice as Deadly” Indian Variant
Rising infections are blamed on the Indian variant that PHE now claims causes twice as serious illness and talk has turned to continuing with restrictions. We've been here before.
PHE Quietly Revises Down Effectiveness of AstraZeneca Vaccine
In its third weekly vaccine surveillance report, PHE revises down its estimate of AZ efficacy to a lower bound of 65%. Are Government scientists becoming worried about the fitness of their "workhorse" vaccine?
Britain’s Covid Epidemic Will be Over if Vaccines Work Against Indian Variant
The coronavirus crisis will be over in the U.K. shortly if the current vaccines work against the Indian variant, one of the country's top scientists said on the Today programme.
New PHE Study Says AstraZeneca Vaccine is Just 66% Effective. What Happened to “90% in the Over-65s”?
On Thursday, PHE releases a study showing the AZ vaccine is 90% effective in the over-65s. On Saturday, they release a study showing just it is 66% effective across all ages. Why is no one asking questions about this?
PHE Study Showing Vaccines “90% Effective” is Plagued With Problems – and the Post-Vaccination Infection Spike is There Again
New data from PHE suggests the vaccines are 90% effective in preventing symptomatic infection in the over 65s. But the study has numerous problems. It also shows the post-vaccine infection spike again.
PHE Figures Show Cases Down in Every Region and Fewer Over-80s Catching Virus Than Ever – So Why Seven More Weeks of Restrictions?
Cases are down in every region in England and fewer over-80s are catching the virus than ever before, according to PHE. So why are restrictions not being lifted for another seven weeks? What happened to data not dates?
