Tag: herd immunity
UK: start to pandemic “worst public health failure ever” – a failure that is still ongoing
“The UK’s failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the country’s worst public health failures, a report by MPs says.
Boris Johnson ‘privately accepts’ up to 50,000 annual Covid deaths as an acceptable level
Downing Street has denied it has set any “acceptable level” of Covid deaths but one adviser, who has been close to the UK Government since coronavirus struck 18 months ago, told inews that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had privately accepted that there would be at least a further 30,000 deaths in the UK over the next year, and that the Prime Minister would “only consider imposing further restrictions if that figure looked like it could rise above 50,000”. More...
Iceland opts for herd immunity through infection
Iceland has vaccinated 76% of its population, but for several months the majority of new Covid infections have been amongst the fully vaccinated. More...
Herd immunity “not a possibility” with Delta variant
Reaching herd immunity is “not a possibility” with the current Delta variant, the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group has said. More...
Deepti Gurdasani: “This is a virus that we need to eliminate”, condemns “herd immunity” policies
“There’s no country that has attained herd immunity to SARS-CoV-2. More...
UK: International summit condemns Boris Johnson’s THIRD Covid-19 catastrophe
Boris Johnson’s “Freedom Day” plan to create herd immunity in the UK by having one huge summer Delta wave has been rightly criticised from scientists from around the globe. More...
UK: opposition grows as Boris Johnson orders all Covid-19 restrictions lifted in Britain during massive Delta wave
Opposition to Boris Johnson’s plan to unlock Britain in the middle of what is shaping up to be the country’s worst ever coronavirus wave is growing. More...
Mass infection is not an option: we must do more to protect our young
As the third wave of the pandemic takes hold across England, the UK Government plans to further re-open the nation. More...
UK: Boris goes full Bolsonaro and decides to “let the bodies pile high” by lifting lockdown restrictions completely
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in April 2021 that he ‘would rather let bodies pile high’ than impose a third national lockdown. 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...