Public Health England
Total 16 Posts
True daily number of new infections might be nearer 90,000.
5 min read
What to think about the latest data from the ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey, and what might explain the sudden decrease in COVID cases recorded by Public Health England?
Blowing bubbles is dangerous for children.
4 min read
The removal of centrally mandated bubbles in UK schools is a calamitous move, and one based on a gross misrepresentation of the facts.
Most COVID deaths in England now are in the vaccinated – Here’s why that shouldn’t alarm you.
5 min read
The latest UK data shows that nearly two-thirds of people who died of COVID between February 1 and June 21 had been vaccinated.
Did a delayed second dose give the Delta variant an evolutionary helping hand?
5 min read
Why it is important to pay attention to evolutionary theory when considering population health.
Why on earth would anyone think COVID-19 is something we could or should live with?
4 min read
I am fed up not just from fighting a government that is corrupt and negligent, but also blind optimism from members of our scientific community. I am particularly fed up of the rhetoric that variants cannot ever escape vaccines.
Boris Johnson took the big gamble the Delta variant wouldn’t be as bad as suggested... He failed.
3 min read
Boris Johnson seems comfortable with the Delta variant spreading in schools. Whatever they say, education clearly isn’t this government’s priority.
PM urges people to use “common sense and judgement”... This is an abdication of responsibility.
8 min read
Here is a fact check of today’s daily briefing. Is the government actually following the data, or even presenting the data accurately? TL;DR: The reality is in stark contrast to the rosy picture being presented by the government.