So many months wasted yet again when we could have been immunising teenagers and giving boosters to the whole adult population. Now we are going to try desperately to remedy it in a few weeks - or ra… (View Post)

Perhaps this has already been posted, but if the methodology is sound it is the strongest evidence I've seen suggesting Omicron may be producing milder disease than Delta. The figures on page 2 … (View Post)

Probably a lot of people will need to be reassured at the moment that it hasn't mutated into the Black Death. The trouble is that the NHS is under a lot of strain even as things are now, and eve… (View Post)

Not even questioned. (View Post)

"Novel" just means new. It doesn't mean "unusual" or "abnormal". It was called "novel" just because this particular virus hadn't been seen before. (View Post)