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PROF DAVID LIVERMORE: Is the mutant virus really out of control?

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Rarely has the midwinter seemed so bleak. Lockdown has returned with a new intensity, Christmas is curtailed by official edict and around half the population is effectively under house arrest. The Government justifies this draconian approach by warning that a dangerous new strain of coronavirus is ‘out of control’, to use the alarming phraseology of … Read more

PROF DAVID LIVERMORE: My manifesto to beat coronavirus crisis

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Nicola Sturgeon yesterday announced a further step towards another total Scottish lockdown. And I fear that Boris Johnson, still relying on his tight cadre of scientific advisers, will move in the same direction. But nine months into a pandemic that has become a nightmare of our own making, one thing is becoming clear: Such restrictions … Read more