Category: UK
BMJ: If we are no longer following the science, what are we following?
British ministers have now abandoned any pretence that they are “following the science” on Covid-19. More...
UK ONS: 2.7% of the British population reporting Long Covid symptoms
An estimated 1.7 million people living in private households in the UK (2.7% of the population) were experiencing self-reported long COVID as of 5 March 2022
The estimates presented in this analysis relate to self-reported long COVID, as experienced by study participants who responded to a representative survey, rather than clinically diagnosed ongoing symptomatic COVID-19 or post-COVID-19 syndrome in the full population. More...
UK: XE growth rate now 12.6% higher than BA.2
“Earlier published growth rates for XE were not significantly different from BA.2, but using the most recent data up to 30 March 2022, XE has a growth rate 12.6% above that of BA.2. More...
Thailand: first cases of XE and XJ recombinants reported
Thailand has reported its first cases of Omicron XE and XJ. More...
Sociopathic narcissist squatting in No 10 Downing Street allowed Covid parties
“It is deeply, deeply contemptible that not just the PM but senior civil servants have allowed such people to have their reputations attacked in order to protect the sociopathic narcissist squatting in the No 10 flat.” More...
UK: Covid-19 Public Inquiry seeks views on the Terms of Reference
The UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry is finally cranking into gear, more than two years after the pandemic started. More...
UK: XE may have a growth rate ~10% greater than Omicron BA.2 *1 UPDATE*
“Early growth rates for XE were not significantly different from BA.2, but using the most recent data up to 16 March 2022, XE has a growth rate 9.8% above that of BA.2.” More...
Deltacron: XD and XF recombinants now ECDC Variants under Monitoring
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have added Deltacron recombinants XD and XF to their list of Variants under Monitoring. More...
Covid censorship “the biggest assault on freedom of speech and democracy I’ve known”
The Covid-19 warning from Ofcom to UK broadcasters “created an environment which led to the biggest assault on freedom of speech and democracy I’ve known in my lifetime. More...
SARS-CoV-2 potential recombinants in Brazil, Belgium, France, Netherlands, US, Finland, Puerto Rico, Spain
SARS_CoV-2 recombinants seem to have been popping up across the globe recently. More...