Oxford is Now More or Less a Quango
14 June 2025
by Darren Gee
The Two-Stroke Engine of Brian Wilson
14 June 2025
Boris Johnson confirmed today that "nothing" is ruled out in responding to the Indian variant including new lockdowns. But does the data show that the variant is anything for us to worry about?
Two new vaccines studies from PHE bring encouraging news on protection against hospitalisation and death. But they leave me with more questions than answers.
According to the data gathered by the ZOE Covid Study app based at King's College London, Britons catching coronavirus post-vaccination get a milder form of the disease.
Britain's daily coronavirus deaths fell by nearly 30% today, as the number of people who have received a second dose soared past 17 million.
We've published a guest post on Lockdown Sceptics by our technology correspondent. He's unimpressed by the NHS's vaccine booking site, where you can find out anyone's vaccine status if you know a few details about them.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has issued new guidance today saying that adults aged 30 to 39 without underlying health conditions should be offered an alternative to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
A new population study from Israel published in the Lancet finds that the Pfizer vaccine is 95% effective once a person is fully vaccinated. But have they taken into account that infections were falling anyway?
Seychelles is locking down again – even though it has fully vaccinated more than 60% of its adult population with two vaccine doses, more than any other country in the world including Israel. Why?
The U.K. recorded its lowest Covid death toll in nine months yesterday, while infections fell to a level not seen since September. Yet Boris doggedly sticks to roadmap. 🤷♂️
A study of 52,000 Covid hospital patients from the winter finds "an abundance admitted to hospital within seven days of vaccination". The authors blame people for not being careful, but what does the evidence say?
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