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UK: one week until B.1.617.2 Delta coronavirus variant takes off

9th June 2021: If the previous waves of Sars-CoV-2 in the UK are anything to go by, Britain is less than one week away from the B16172 Delta variant exploding into another full-blown national health crisis. More...

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UK: What happens after June 21st 2021 – Britain’s coronavirus “Freedom Day”?

By Step 4 which will take place no earlier than 21 June, the UK government hopes to be in a position to remove all legal limits on social contact. More...

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Portugal: dropped from UK travel green list after just two weeks

Portugal is axed from UK’s green list and relegated to the Amber list. More...

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The “Nepal Variant” – does it exist or is it just racist fearmongering?

There’s plenty of coverage in the UK press today about a so-called “Nepal Variant” of Sars-CoV-2. More...

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Portugal: could be taken off the UK’s coronavirus travel green list for having the same infection trajectory as the UK

“UK government Ministers and their medical advisers will meet on Thursday to decide whether Portugal should be dropped from the green list and instead rated amber, requiring holidaymakers to quarantine for 10 days on their return and pay for two PCR tests. More...

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UK: PHE data shows B.1.617.2 now outcompetes B.1.1.7

More amazing work by Prof. Christina Pagel in deciphering the latest Public Health England data dumps for B16172. More...

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UK: Dominic Cummings – Herd Immunity was always the official coronavirus plan

38/”Media generally abysmal on covid but even I’ve been surprised by 1 thing: how many hacks have parroted Hancock’s line that ‘herd immunity wasn’t the plan’ when ‘herd immunity by Sep’ was *literally the official plan in all docs/graphs/meetings* until it was ditched

39/ Yes the media is often incompetent but something deeper is at work: much of SW1 was happy to believe Hancock’s bullshit that ‘it’s not the plan’ *so they didn’t have to face the shocking truth*. More...

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UK: coronavirus variant B.1.617.2 within hours of outcompeting B.1.1.7 in Britain

Well that escalated quickly. It took just a little over one month to do it, but B.1.617.2 is now just hours away from outcompeting B.1.1.7 (aka the UK or Kent variant) on a national scale in Great Britain. More...