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Boris Confirms “Nothing” is Ruled Out in Responding to Indian Variant. How Worried Should We Be?

Boris Johnson confirmed today that "nothing" is ruled out in responding to the Indian variant including new lockdowns. But does the data show that the variant is anything for us to worry about?
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Boris Tells Commons that Pandemic is Currently at Peak and U.K. Should Expect New Surge in Autumn

The Prime Minister has told MPs that coronavirus variants pose a potential lethal danger and a new surge in autumn is highly likely. Is the supposedly 'irreversible' lifting of lockdown under threat?
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Vaccines the Cause of Britain’s Drop In Covid Cases, Not Lockdown, Says KCL Epidemiologist

The drop in Covid cases has been caused by Britain's "exemplar vaccine programme", says King's College London epidemiologist Professor Tim Spector – despite the Prime Minister saying that lockdown is behind the fall.
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Cheap, Safe Treatment Cuts Serious COVID-19 by 90%, Oxford Study Shows

An Oxford University study has confirmed the remarkable effectiveness of common asthma treatment Budesonide for treating COVID-19, reducing the risk of serious disease by 90% if taken at an early stage.
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Fact Check: “Rishi Sunak Was the Main Person Responsible for Covid’s Second Wave”

The Times has published the latest instalment in Jonathan Calvert and George Arbuthnott’s new book, laying the blame for Covid's second wave at the feet of Chancellor Rishi Sunak. But is that fair?
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Government’s Long, Slow Walk to Freedom is Costing Billions and Makes No Sense

Spiralling costs and debt, lockdown being lifted agonisingly slowly – yet plummeting cases and deaths, hospitals back to autumn levels, and a world-beating vaccine programme. What is the Government playing at?
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