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Britons may NEVER go to work with a cough again because Covid has made it ‘socially unacceptable’, top scientific adviser predicts Professor Dame Angela McLean told Science and Technology Select Committee She said it would be ‘powerful’ if going in sick became ‘socially unacceptable’ Boris Johnson is not expected to give a firm date for … Read more
No10’s scientific advisers claim there may need to be a debate on whether to allow coronavirus to rip through the country once the most vulnerable Britons have been vaccinated. Boris Johnson will reveal his roadmap out of lockdown on February 22, which could allow aspects of life and the economy to resume by the summer. … Read more
Rishi Sunak ‘fears scientific advisors are ‘moving the goalposts’ on when lockdown can end but tells allies he hopes ‘fat lady sings’ moment when restrictions are banished for good is close’ Chancellor is eager to ease restrictions as soon as possible to kickstart recovery He is said to be anxious that nation’s top scientists are … Read more
France – birthplace of Louis Pasteur, who first discovered the principle of vaccination – last week abandoned its bid to create a coronavirus vaccine. The Pasteur Institute halted its project with US drugs company Merck after disappointing clinical test results. The announcement came as a blow to the pride of a country once hailed as a … Read more
As Britain is plunged into its third national lockdown, many are wondering whether the Covid nightmare will ever end. Here, we ask some of the country’s foremost scientific experts to consult their crystal balls, and give you their views on how and when we might return to normality… PULL TOGETHER AND GET A JAB SO … Read more
Top scientific advisers rake in £400k: Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance are earning a fortune during Covid-19 pandemic and have appeared on the list of best-paid civil servants for the first time Professor Chris Whitty is paid between £205,000 and £210,000, it was revealed Meanwhile the chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance is on up … Read more
Don’t be in any doubt – the development of a highly effective vaccine for Covid-19 in less than a year is an extraordinary scientific achievement, perhaps the greatest of my lifetime. I’d put it on a par with Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin in 1928. It really is that transformative. And that’s because the implications … Read more
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