Stark pictures this morning paint a bleak picture of London as the streets lie empty just days before Christmas. The festive season would ordinarily be in full swing with families out doing last minute shopping and colleagues finishing off their work before getting merry and toasting the year at Christmas parties. But the Capital was … Read more
Eminent statistician Sir David Spiegelhalter suggested Number 10 ‘frightened’ the public into complying with lockdown rules Number 10 cherry-picked ‘spurious’ coronavirus data to justify England’s second lockdown and may have intended to frightened the public, according to one of Britain’s top experts. Eminent statistician Sir David Spiegelhalter said ministers had ‘broken pretty much every code of … Read more
Movies that portray the end of the world or post-apocalyptic scenarios – known as ‘prepper’ films – have helped viewers deal with the coronavirus pandemic, a study claims. Psychologists have found that people who have been watching movies depicting social chaos and the collapse of global order are better prepared for the virus. Fans of … Read more
Police chiefs warn pubs will be ‘apocalyptic’ on July 4 if weather stays the same and ‘officers are FURIOUS with Boris Johnson for reopening bars on a Saturday’ Forces have begun cancelling leave and bolstering public order units They fear widespread drunken disorder when pubs reopen on July 4 They are concerned that violence in … Read more
Notes From An Apocalypse Mark O’Connell Granta £14.99 Rating: From the beginning of time, people have been predicting the end of time. Many of today’s shrillest apocalyptic predictions echo the Revelation of St John the Divine, which was written in about 90 AD. When I was growing up, in the 1960s, people imagined that imminent … Read more
Just when we seem to be easing out of the crisis, just as the death toll slows and new hospital admissions for coronavirus head towards zero, just as we begin to allow ourselves the first tentative sigh of relief, along comes a new book by an American doctor to tell us: this, folks, is just … Read more
Donald Trump’s top advisors have expressed doubts about the accuracy of the White House’s apocalyptic forecast that 240,000 Americans will die from the coronavirus pandemic, sources have said. As the US death reached 6,056 Thursday and the nation’s healthcare system buckles under the crisis, administration officials said the stark forecasts could have been a tactic … Read more
Primark’s decision to cancel all its suppliers’ orders is branded ‘unethical’ and ‘apocalyptic’ By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:59 BST, 1 April 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 1 April 2020 Primark’s move to cancel all its suppliers’ orders has been branded ‘unethical’ Primark’s shock decision to cancel all its suppliers’ orders is … Read more
No one speaks of la dolce vita any more — and it will be some time before they do. In less than a month, Italy has changed beyond all recognition: it feels like we’re in a war-zone. The country has a population of 60million and has suffered more deaths from Covid-19 — 4,032 — than … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 4,500 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 125,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type … Read more