Tag: Vaccines

AstraZenaca is no worse than other vaccines when it comes to cerebral venous thrombosis, according to new preprint. CVT more likely to be caused by Covid.

Has Boris lost his faith in the vaccines? That's certainly the impression you'd get from what he has said this morning. But he is wrong to claim that infections have fallen mainly because of the lockdown.

Now is the time to return to normal, just as a number of states in America have done and seen no catastrophe. It is not the time to think we can create a 100% effective barrier against a seasonal respiratory disease.

An Oxford University study has confirmed the remarkable effectiveness of common asthma treatment Budesonide for treating COVID-19, reducing the risk of serious disease by 90% if taken at an early stage.

Following yesterday's news about the pro-vaccination ruling in the European Court of Human Rights, we asked David McGrogan, Associate Professor of Law at Northumbria Law School, to take a look at the judgment for us.

The latest cautionary tale being held up to locked down Britons as the reason we can't be released is Chile, where an ambitious vaccination programme has not prevented a new surge. But is all as it seems?

A new study – the largest of its kind – has found that the Pfizer vaccine produces an "off the scale" immune response likely to protect against the Brazilian, Kent and Wuhan variants.

According to a new ONS survey published today, more than half of people in England now have Covid antibodies – and a new IpsosMORI poll reveals public concern about Covid is plummeting.

A new study from UCL claims to find that a single vaccine dose provides 62% protection for care home residents. A closer look, however, tells a more complex story.

A reader has written to Lockdown Sceptics to draw attention to two bizarre, nonsensical requests to self-isolate from NHS Track and Trace, one comical, the other tragic.