This week the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) reaffirmed that Covid-19 is very low risk to children aged 5 to 11. It would take four million doses of a vaccine to prevent one...
Each day we get told across many of the prominent news channels of the number of patients with Covid-19 in hospital. I have seen many journalists broadcasting from critical care units highlighting the...
A GP claimed that Covid is the cause of at least 133 deaths in children, with many sharing this on Social Media. The blog was updated and confirmed as misleading following a Full Fact check of it. But...
In recent weeks I have explained that since Omicron hit the UK we have seen fewer children overall in hospital.. With two weeks more data, how has the situation changed with the Omicron variant...
Back in September, SAGE warned of around 3,000 hospitalisations per day if the Government did not introduce Plan B in England. The Government ignored this and admissions never rose above 900 per day...
When announcing new restrictions in Wales from Boxing Day, Mark Drakeford misled the public when claiming the new Omicron variant was “probably that it’s just as severe as any other form would be”...
Evidence indicates that Omicron is less likely to result in an admission to a hospital. Last week I wrote that Covid-19 was not leading to a rise in children in hospital. With two weeks more data, how...
The Omicron Covid-19 variant is leading to record numbers of reported infections across many countries, but evidence shows the variant is less likely to result in an admission to a hospital. However...
Boris Johnson has just announced no new restrictions this side of Christmas but it was only a year ago we were heading into the festive period with further restrictions and several months of lockdown...