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A somewhat simplistic and, dare I say?, naive interpretation of events. As I understand, more than once, the process of recommending included threats to resign by the science elements. That is, the government did not want to follow them and their advice but only did so under pressure of...

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And if Scotland departs the union... ?

Yep - quite a bit! (Not for one moment denying my capacity for rambling.) I rather hope that a non-tory government might have matched the best the tory government has achieved with respect to Covid - but without the colossal scale of corruption. We'll never know so my hope is as good as anyone...

Mind, there has been very little effective communication about the issue. Yes, endless discussion about whether or not there is an issue, but precious little about the factors which could make a difference. Yes - we also see that those who are younger and female are the most affected. But what...

That is a very large part of the problem. How do I berate myself when I most certainly didn't vote them into office? A number of years ago, HoC allowed the recall petition process to get rid of MPs under certain circumstances. Which, although not perfect, was a step in the right direction. But...

Unfortunately, the balance is massively skewed. About the only thing that stands out is vaccination but even there, there have been many mistakes on the way. And, when we see massive gouging of government funds, that seems to cement those involved as major players forever. Was it really...

Exactly.

Funnily enough, I received the first wrongly-addressed email in many months on a gmail address just a couple of hours ago. Very suspicious as it had a spreadsheet attachment - so I deleted it straight away. But it could just as well have been a mistake as malicious. (An email address I use for...

Because the vaccines are intramuscular injections? :)

Poorly written, I agree. Leaked emails seen by the Guardian, however, show that senior officials are now thinking of scaling back the widespread testing of people without symptoms because of a rising number of false positives. Across England as a whole, government officials estimate that...

One day, they are suggesting we can have two tests a week. The next day, they are re-thinking using the tests due to false positives. Senior government officials have raised “urgent” concerns about the mass expansion of rapid coronavirus testing, estimating that as few as 2% to 10% of positive...

No sunlit uplands even above the clouds... Pigeon fanciers in a flap over Brexit quarantine flock-up, seek exemption from EU laws It won't fly. 'We are collateral damage' https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/15/pigeon_fanciers_fear_brexit_quarantine/ Anyone else remember pigeon crates -...

Several experiences with items from AliExpress. Every single one had VAT added at time of ordering/paying. Every single one arrived without any additional charges at all. Every single one has been faster than I have ever previously experienced. (The odd package has previously arrived fairly...

It's fine to condemn him in the fullness of time - just not too quickly???

Further: An NHS trust in England is planning to make Covid-19 vaccinations part of staff contracts, it has been reported. A letter from the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust in London that is set to go out to staff is said to state: “We will be making Covid vaccination mandatory...

Amsterdam courts still impact UK cases. Indeed, the majority of the case is based on what happened in the UK. Uber fired drivers automatically for alleged misconduct - sharing their app. A certain neat symmetry that Uber are now whinging about the court case being an automatic judgement...

Looks like vaccine passports will inevitably come to pass. Denmark has announced that they will allow easier travel/visiting for those who have been vaccinated. Limited, for now to Schengen and neighbours. But as more countries decide that is an option for them so there will be more pressure to...

The 28 day rule is nonsense. But we also run the risk of missing those who die later - of whom there appear to be quite a number.

My colleague Sarah Marsh has a fuller report on the UK study into mixing Covid vaccines between jabs being expanded. Particularly worth noting are the words of Professor Jeremy Brown, a member of the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. He has told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme...