UK is reviewing the evidence on face masks AGAIN

The UK is reviewing the evidence on face masks again, Number 10’s top scientific adviser revealed today.  Sir Patrick Vallance claimed Downing Street would ‘definitely’ change its stance on wearing masks if the science became stronger.   Britain has repeatedly insisted that healthy Britons do not need to wear face masks to try and protect themselves. … Read more

Who is telling the truth? Extraordinary row breaks out between Boris Johnson’s scientific advisers

A furious row broke out among Government scientists tonight over whether they raised the alarm early enough over just how deadly coronavirus could be. A devastating Reuters investigation published today suggested that the scientific committees that advised Boris Johnson didn’t study, until mid-March, the option of a stringent lockdown.  However, the chief scientific adviser Sir … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Sir Patrick Vallance welcomes fall in new cases

Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK’s chief scientific adviser, said statistics are starting to show the ‘beginning of change’ and that Britain’s coronavirus crisis did not appear to be accelerating The UK’s top scientist today offered the public a glimmer of hope that the strict coronavirus shutdown is having an effect after official statistics revealed the … Read more

Do nothing approach to tackle coronavirus epidemic could have led to almost 500,000 deaths

Almost 500,000 people could have died from coronavirus if the UK had adopted a ‘do-nothing’ approach associated with earlier ‘herd immunity’ plans, a study has suggested. As the virus began to take a stranglehold on the UK last month, the Government mooted the concept of beating back the disease by allowing 80 per cent of … Read more