Category: Herd Immunity
UK: Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty’s grim prognosis on the coronavirus pandemic
Patrick Vallance: “This is a virus that is going to be with us forever.” More...
UK: BMJ letter – “we need an urgent focus on mitigations in schools” for Delta coronavirus variant
“On the 17 May 2021, the UK government removed the requirement for face coverings in secondary schools in England. More...
UK: Hospice doctor – “Matt Hancock *has* lied during the pandemic – and I can prove it”
More...Today @matthancock will attempt to persuade the Commons that he's behaved impeccably throughout this pandemic – and that Cummings’ accusations of serial lying are, themselves, a lie.
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...
UK: Chris Whitty – B.1.617.2 is more transmissible than B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant
Chris Whitty: at 11.15 minutes, “..there is now confidence, and SAGE has looked at this data, as have various modelling groups, that this variant (B.1.617.2) is more transmissible than B.1.1.7.” More...
Sweden: so much for Herd Immunity and Light Touch pandemic policies
“Instead of following evolving evidence, the [Swedish] FHM has doubled down and defended its approach without reconsidering the assumptions on which the failed national approach is based. More...