The Party Is Not Yet Over For Johnson
WE now know that the government held at least four departmental parties and seven Downing Street parties which took place in defiance of Covid regulations at the height of the…
Dimbleby Lecture: COVID – Vaccines versus Vacillation
This year’s Dimbleby Lecture on the fight against Covid was delivered by Oxford University professor, Dame Sarah Gilbert, a key player in the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Forget about…
Causality is Beyond Me
The Sixty Second Scribes takes a look at the seemingly obvious difficulties in the thought processes of those who believe that learning to live with Covid means ignoring Covid and…
WHO: Booster Jabs Will Prolong the Pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) are concerned that countries who offer booster jabs to their population are widening the gap between rich and poor countries and that this will prolong…
Covid Needs a Global Response: Action Not Words
A Christmas to die for? Yesterday Sunak announced a £1 billion package to help the hospitality industry as bars and restaurants struggle to cope in the wake of the surge…
Afghanistan hospitals devastated
JUST a few months ago our media was full of stories about the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and how the Taliban was now in control, but what we have…
If Johnson Goes the Show Goes On Without Him
Johnson is under pressure after a hundred Tory MPs voted against the government’s Plan B to deal with the new Covid crisis brought on by the Omicron variant. Does this…
Tory Complacency over Omicron and a New Covid Crisis
Remember November when Tory complacency in the face of the Omicron variant led them to promise that there was no need for Plan B? Travel bans, red zones and border…
World AIDS Day: The Lessons For Covid
Yesterday, on World AIDS Day, WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti announced that, while the world was focused on the COVID pandemic, 460,000 people died from AIDS in…
Cinema Closed for Flouting Rules over Vaccine Passports
Yesterday a judge ordered the temporary closure of a cinema in Swansea because of its persistent refusal to implement Covid infection control measures including vaccine passports. Infection Control These are…