Britain’s second wave of coronavirus could peak at Christmas if there is no national lockdown, a SAGE scientist warned today. Professor John Edmunds, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, told MPs that the three-tier lockdown system will only slow down the UK’s outbreak and not shrink it. The ultimate outcome, … Read more
Twitter removes ‘misleading’ tweet from top Trump Covid adviser Dr Scott Atlas that said masks don’t work The tweet in question was shared by Dr Scott Atlas and reads: ‘Masks work? No’ Atlas also shared places where he says ‘cases exploded even with mandates’ Twitter subsequently removed the tweet, saying it violated the platform’s Covid-19 … Read more
A series of coronavirus ‘circuit breakers’ should be pencilled in around the school holidays, a senior Government official said last night. Three weeks ago the Sage group of scientists advising ministers recommended a short lockdown to halt the rise in Covid-19 cases, which the Government chose not to follow. But yesterday the senior government adviser … Read more
Donald Trump’s campaign advisers Jason Miller and Steve Cortes give the latest update on his condition Sunday in claiming the president is eager to get back to campaigning even though his top doctor says he is not yet ‘out of the woods.’ Miller, the campaign’s senior adviser, said he spoke to Trump recently and said … Read more
Government science adviser says coronavirus lockdowns ‘defer the problem’ rather than solve it as he warns it is ‘entirely possible’ there will be a third wave of infections next year Professor Mark Woolhouse sits on one of Government’s expert Covid-19 panels He said it is ‘doubtful’ a vaccine will be ready for mass roll-out in … Read more
Ex-TV presenter mother-of-two who went back to work six weeks after giving birth ‘is Boris Johnson’s preferred choice’ to front No10’s White House-style daily televised press briefings after overseeing rise of ‘Dishy Rishi’ Sunak Downing Street is planning to launch daily televised press briefings in October Boris Johnson reportedly wants Rishi Sunak’s director of communications … Read more
A customer adviser for Lloyds bank sold customers’ account details to her friend who was a gambling addict. Jaspreet Marwaha, from Birmingham, gave the information of more than 80 accounts to Mohammed Saif Maqsood, from Blackburn, who paid £50 for each set of card details and swiped between £82,000 and £92,000 from them. At one point the … Read more
Adviser linked to exams fiasco is given a key role in new planning changes that critics fear could see developers ‘concreting’ the countryside Tim Leunig joins team working on biggest changes to building laws in 70 years Dr Leunig was on government group that advised how to standardise grades Standardisation led to the downgrading of … Read more
President Donald Trump signaled a new shift in his public health posture to the coronavirus pandemic Monday at the White House when he announced the presence of Dr. Scott Atlas – who has warned of the costs of school closings. It was just one of multiple areas where Trump made news or veered into murky … Read more
UK will go back into lockdown next month when schools open unless ‘disastrous’ track and trace system is fixed, government’s former chief scientific adviser warns Ex-government advisor Sir David King warns country may return to lockdown He said a proper test and trace system is needed for school restart in September UK saw another 55 … Read more