Category: Herd Immunity
Lancet: Natural immunity associated with a 95% lower risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection
After the first 3 months, natural immunity was associated with a 95% lower risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and an 87% lower risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation for up to 20 months.… ...More...
Joe Biden: The pandemic is over
Joe Biden has stunned the world, and swept the British Queen’s funeral off the headlines, by declaring “the pandemic is over”.… ...More...
BMJ: Stop gaslighting the public over Covid-19
“The government must stop gaslighting the public and be honest about the threat the pandemic still poses to them and the NHS”.… ...More...
UK: Pandemic record Covid infection rates in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Data from the ZOE Covid-19 app today shows that there are pandemic record Covid incidence rates in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.… ...More...
Canada: “We will never be fully vaccinated against COVID-19”
Canadians will be required to get a booster shot every nine months for the foreseeable future, says Canadian Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos.… ...More...
Covid-19: Where’s the herd immunity?
“Contrary to the myth that we are sliding into a comfortable evolutionary relationship with a common-cold-like, friendly virus, this is more like being trapped on a rollercoaster in a horror film.”… ...More...
UK: 1 in 20 secondary school pupils have experienced Long Covid
A new UK ONS survey out today reveals the horrifying extent of Covid damage to Britain’s school kids, with one in twenty secondary school pupils and one in fifty primary school pupils experiencing Long Covid.… ...More...
Preprint: Introverts have been training for a pandemic their whole lives
Introverts have a mortality advantage in an airborne pandemic.… ...More...
ECDC & WHO: Joint statement on hepatitis in kids
The World Health Organisation have issued a joint statement with the ECDC on the recent cases of hepatitis in children. … ...More...
WHO: China’s zero-Covid strategy is unsustainable *1 update*
China’s flagship zero-Covid strategy to defeat the pandemic is unsustainable, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, adding that it had told Beijing so and called for a policy shift.… ...More...
Shielding “would not have been a viable public health strategy for COVID-19”
Shielding the vulnerable while allowing infections to spread among the wider population would not have been a viable public health strategy for COVID-19 and is unlikely to be effective for future pandemics.… ...More...
USA: ABC reporter tests positive for Covid-19 after White House Correspondents’ Dinner *1 UPDATE*
In the least surprising news of 2022, ABC News’ Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl has tested positive for Covid-19 days after sitting next to Kim Kardashian at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and interacting with President Joe Biden.… ...More...
UK: The deadly legacy of Britain’s Covid-19 “Freedom Day” – 2,646 deaths in one week
Nearly one year ago, on July 19th 2021, the UK announced its “Freedom Day” from Covid-19. … ...More...
UK NHS: 15,000 patients with Covid and rising
A UK NHS leader has given a graphic account of the pressure that the health service is currently under. … ...More...