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An alternative to Sage’s worst-case scenario
Unless Omicron changes everything, Covid is on the way out
There are good reasons to be concerned about the Omicron variant. For starters, this strain has 50 mutations, twice as…
Why we shouldn’t fear a ‘fourth wave’ of Covid
Covid is meeting a wall of immunity
The third wave: it’s here – but it shouldn’t delay our reopening
It’s here – but it shouldn’t delay our reopening
Why did the government listen to Sage's doomsday outlook?
Professor Neil Ferguson struck an unusually optimistic tone this week. With just one Covid death reported on Monday, and infection…
Need we fear a third wave after lockdown ends?
When Boris Johnson revealed his roadmap out of lockdown at the end of February he promised a ‘one way road…
Vaccination is pushing England's population immunity to new heights
England’s population immunity to Coronavirus now stands at almost 39 per cent — a rise of 25 per cent since…
Could 30 per cent of Brits have some Covid immunity?
How big is the job of vaccination? The aim is herd immunity, to protect enough people so that the virus…
The path between herd immunity and lockdown
In four decades working as an engineer and scientist, I have rarely known a more polarised time within the scientific…