Threadscriptor

The world pre-2020 no longer exists.

— Fundamentally, the world is different now, a health expert writes. Acting as if it isn’t, which the UK seems determined to do, may feel good in the short term but will result in a new normal worse than the old one.

COMMENT

Do not oversimplify Long COVID.

— Dr Nisreen Alwan on the challenges of studying Long COVID.

COMMENT

Who do we not save?

— Stop using words like ‘balance’ to justify a policy of mass infection, avoidable deaths, and chronic illness. This was never about balance.

Testimony

Around the wards in 80 days.

— This is the moving story of Derek Walsh, a COVID survivor. You may find it difficult to read... just imagine how difficult it was for him to write! This is what the reality looks like for thousands of people in ICU with COVID-19 today.

Analysis

COVID-19 cases rise when schools open – but more so when teachers and students don’t wear masks.

— A new study in the United States found school reopening in late 2020 was associated with an increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths. But this was mostly the case where masks weren’t required.

COMMENT

Long COVID and why choosing to expose children to infection rather than vaccinate them is negligent and harmful.

— Let’s do a deep delve into Long COVID – this syndrome that some in the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) are in denial about!

COVID-19 & Children

Blowing bubbles is dangerous for children.

— The removal of centrally mandated bubbles in UK schools is a calamitous move, and one based on a gross misrepresentation of the facts.