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1) The data shows that the vaccine reduces serious illness and risk of mortality from around 10 days of having just first dose. 2) The risk of acute illness, hospitalisation
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The big question for me tonight is whether @JGForsyth’s column on the government’s reservations about the EU’s free trade negotiating position characterises @BorisJohnson’s thinking, or someone else at the top
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Here is the fundamental stumbling block to a free trade deal. And truthfully I am not sure how it can be sorted. The EU wants the unilateral right to toughen
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Attached is @ONS’s response to my Tweet thread and blog pointing out how the PM’s lockdown seemed to be based on their infection estimates that have subsequently been revised down
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There is a ton of contradictory stuff flying around about what @MichelBarnier says is the EU's bottom line for fair competition in any free trade agreement with the UK. As
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When shaping policy to protect us from Covid-19, the government relies on data from @ONS to provide the scientific basis for its actions. The weekly @ONS coronavirus survey is supposed
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It is worth watching deputy CMO Jonathan Van-Tam explain why the COVID 19 vaccines have come to market in 9 months, compared with 10 years for a typical vaccine -
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In order for the global economy to avoid a slump as a result of premature fiscal consolidation by UK and other developed economies, it would be incredibly helpful if the
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If the UK government came late to the Moderna party, and has bought less of its vaccine than is ideal, the fault is not that of Kate Bingham and her
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I was puzzled by Jonathan Van Tan’s comment that we don’t know whether the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will prevent transmission of Covid-19 even if - as claimed - it has 90%
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Another striking characteristic of today’s @bankofengland projections is that UK GDP, or national income, is set to shrink by 11% for the whole of 2020, a record. We are losing
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A senior Tory tells me the lords will turn the Salisbury-Addison convention - which says upper house won't block legislation that stems from a government's election manifesto - on its
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