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There’s a great piece in the Guardian on the influence that the 2011 Matt Damon movie, Contagion, has had on the government’s approach to COVID – a story that was first covered by SkyNews. Under the heading “How Matt Hancock’s obsession with Matt Damon film drove UK’s vaccine strategy” Archie Bland writes that a surprising factor in the UK approach has been the HealthSec’s interest in the Matt Damon movie featuring a virus-ridden pig. He writes: .. In particular, Hancock wanted…

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The above clip of Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, speaking to the Senate on the last day of the Trump presidency is a possible good pointer to a new market that Smarkets have up on what he specifically is going to do in the vote next week. Currently the chances of McConnell voting for impeachment are rated by the markets as a 21% chance which I think might be a good bet. There’s no doubt about his view of Trump’s…

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The desire (expressed by some – the WHO, for instance) for Britain to give away vaccines to other countries before we have vaccinated our own population is politically insane and, frankly, immoral. There: I’ve said it. Call me selfish, if you will. But let me explain why I say this. Let’s take the young: they may not have the same risks of dying as older people but they do face the risks of catching Covid which, as my 22 year…

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But it will take a few weeks before this shows in the daily infections/deaths totals However you look at it the scale of the UK vaccination programme over such a short period has been quite amazing. As well as getting supplies of the vaccines there has been all the effort to set up vaccination centres and staff them and getting priority groups through the doors all in a few weeks. In most places in England those in the fourth level,…

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