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Just a heads up to everyone who has very kindly supported me & been following me over the past year- I've been quite unwell for the past yr & it's

Here's a fact check and of the daily briefing today. Is the govt actually following the data, or even presenting the data accurately?TL;DR: The reality is in stark contrast to

After the identification of outbreaks of B.1.617.2 (variant 1st identified in India) in Bedford in 'education settings' there is now testing ongoing in 2 schools & more widely in the

. @apsmunro recently apologised in a letter in the BMJ for his conduct toward other scientists not meeting certain standards. This is his subtweet referring to my calling out misinformation

On what data has @educationgovuk made this decision? ONS data Easter showed clear increases in positivity among primary & 2ndary school children before Easter. No data following Easter, given schools

So looks like the govt has finally designated B.1.617.2 (so-called 'Indian variant' a VOC- the PHE appears to have designated that the risk to the public is 'high', but the

I keep hearing that the UK should open up now... because Israel! There's seems to be a misunderstanding about what actually happened in Israel. Israel has had fairly strict mitigations

I was invited today to on @NickFerrariLBC to comment on the recent letter by 22 scientists on ending mask use in schools, and opening up the UK without masks &

The cases in India show no sign of peaking - and they will not, because no action is being taken to prevent this in most parts of India. Cases in

I've been avoiding writing about this because it feels too close to the bone at the moment. But important to discuss- so here goes. What's unfolding in India is absolutely

A bit concerned by scientists claiming with absolute certainty that VOCs will not evade vaccine responses & that this has never happened in 'real people'. This has happened in clinical

One of our government's 4 tests was not exceeding NHS capacity. An interesting discussion with @Kit_Yates_Maths recently with @OwenJones84, where he astutely pointed out that this hasn't been defined got