Welsh pubs and breweries have today demanded to see ‘scientific evidence’ that coronavirus is being spread in pubs and restaurants. Beleaguered landlords are facing yet another blow as Wales is plunged into lockdown again, just weeks after restrictions were lifted. But now bosses have issued rallying cry and want the Welsh government to provide ‘proof’ … Read more
Conservatives are more likely to put anecdotal experience and empirical evidence on equal footing, according to a recent study. Researchers presented nearly 1,000 participants with articles debunking popular theories on gambling, new age medicine and personality tests. Although all the articles included scientific experts disproving the theory, they also included dissenting opinions from non-experts who … Read more
Professor Andrew Hayward, an infectious diseases expert at University College London, said he had a ‘high degree of certainty’ thousands of unnecessary Covid-19 deaths would occur as a consequence of not imposing a circuit breaker lockdown Thousands of coronavirus deaths in the coming weeks could have been prevented if ministers bowed to pressure for a … Read more
University College London’s Professor Andrew Hayward, a member of SAGE, said keeping secondary schools open could mean extending the national lockdown beyond a month Keeping secondary schools open during Britain’s second lockdown could keep the country cooped up at home for longer than 28 days, another government scientific adviser warned today. Studies so far suggest … Read more
Conflict of interest row as it emerges Chief Scientific Officer Sir Patrick Vallance has £600,000 of shares in vaccine maker contracted to make UK’s coronavirus jabs Sir Patrick was president of multinationals drugs giant GSK from 2012 to 2018 Chief Scientific Adviser holds a deferred bonus of 43,111 shares worth £600,000 He has already cashed in … Read more
‘Stop panicking and scrap the rule of six’: Experts warn Boris Johnson’s ‘disturbing decision’ to limit gatherings ‘with no scientific evidence’ could have ‘major social consequences’ Rule of six shows ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of Covid Britain, experts say Oxford’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine experts criticise new legislation Another 3,330 cases of coronavirus were recorded in the … Read more
Covid-19 survivors shouldn’t have to self-isolate if they develop symptoms of the disease because they aren’t likely to be infectious, government scientific advisers suggest Sage studied evidence which found it’s likely survivors can’t be infected again But admitted it is unclear how long this coronavirus ‘immunity’ would last for Experts dismissed idea of immunity passports, … Read more
Serious public disorder in the coming months could ‘overwhelm all attempts’ to control coronavirus and ‘catastrophically’ undermine recovery plans, scientific advisers have warned. The current ‘volatile and highly complex situation’ means the UK will face ‘grave challenges’ in maintaining public order, according to a paper considered by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) in … Read more
Signs of a rift between Boris Johnson and his top scientific advisers deepened today after they failed to attend the PM’s latest announcement on lockdown easing. Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty were notable absentees from this morning’s briefing from Downing Street The SAGE experts have become familiar … Read more
Another scientific study has confirmed that 5G is ‘harmless and benign’ in response to crackpot conspiracy theorists who say the next-gen network causes disease. US researchers investigating the effects of radio-frequency radiation generated by the ultra-fast mobile internet reveal that it has negligible health impacts. The study comes after several 5G masts were vandalised during … Read more