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Sociology professor Robert Dingwall has insisted that not wearing a face mask is a moral choice  Nottingham Trent University academic sits on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation He said benefits have always been uncertain because quality of evidence in both directions is weak Boris Johnson declared mask laws would be axed but admitted people would be encouraged to wear them 

Boris Johnson angers doctors, Labour and unions by making mask wearing voluntary Updated: 5 Jul 2021, 22:40 BORIS Johnson triggered a furious row tonight by making mask wearing voluntary. The PM angered union leaders, Labour mayors and medics by saying it would be OK to go without a face covering in public indoor spaces from July 19. �� 6 Boris Johnson has triggered a furious row by making mask wearing voluntaryCredit: Louis Wood News Group Newspapers Ltd 6 Prof Chris Whitty says he will we...

BBC News For more than a year, personal freedoms have been curtailed to keep Covid at bay. That looks likely to change, with ministers proposing to lift many of the remaining restrictions in England on 19 July. The details, set out on Monday, have sparked intense debate. But what is unarguable is that the nature of the pandemic in the UK has changed - and with it so should many of our assumptions. Covid no longer the deadly virus it was The rollout of the vaccination programme has altered ev...

Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid are reunited in Government after Matt Hancocks resignation A week is a long time in politics – and what a week it’s been. The dramatic resignation of Matt Hancock resulted in the return of former chancellor Sajid Javid to Government, sparking an immediate change of tone towards the easing of remaining lockdown measures. The build-up to the photo-finish Batley and Spen by-election also drove countless headlines. And had Labour not held the seat, having only recent...

The link between infections and hospitalisations or deaths has been broken in the current wave of cases, analysis of Government figures shows. The Daily Mail has tracked the current third wave against last year’s second wave, starting at the same point in each cycle when daily infections were running at about 2,000. As the first graphic above shows, in both waves the seven-day rolling average rises to around 18,000 after 60 days. But the figures are very different for daily hospital admission...

Pupil self-isolation Covid impact not monitored By Nick Triggle image captionThere have been worries too many pupils are having to self-isolate and lose time in school The government cannot say how many Covid cases in England are being prevented by sending pupils home from school to self-isolate. The BBC has been told it does not monitor how many children self-isolating end up getting the virus. It means the effectiveness of the policy cannot be fully judged. Some 279,000 children are currently...

Children may be better off catching Covid-19 naturally than having a vaccination, according to a key government expert. Professor Robert Dingwall, of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, said it may be safer due to the small risk of side effects from a jab. His comments come as a poll found three in four people support offering the vaccine to all children aged 17 and younger. Mr Dingwall, who is helping to decide whether to offer vaccines to teenagers, urged people not to ‘pan...

MacroBusiness Access Subscriber Only Content at 1:20 pm on July 1, 2021 | 14 comments The UK has recorded 26,068 new cases of COVID-19, the highest daily figure since 29 January. The official data also shows that there have been an additional 14 deaths from the coronavirus. Daily cases have been rising for more than a month, but fatalities have remained low, with scientists saying the rapid vaccine rollout has weakened the link between infections and deaths. The data showed that 84.9% of adults...

Regardless of Boris Johnson's update next week, senior figures within sport and Whitehall are in advanced talks to sign off the measure

FROM the outset the Government’s Covid-19 restrictions have infringed on our freedoms.