No zero-risk option so let science, not politics, rule
Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.
Dismiss
April 19, 2021 â 12.10am
Save
Normal text size
Advertisement
Our low numbers of COVID-19 are due only to our island nationâs ability to isolate, which comes with the economic and social cost of locked borders (âAustralia needs to set out its COVID-19 endgameâ, April 17-18). This must end at some stage but only when our healthcare system can handle the influx of COVID-19 cases, including unknown new variants, with the best vaccination program available at that time. As we can already see, this will vary with updated scientific data and improved vaccines, and should be managed by medical regulatory bodies based on that information, not by politics and emotive overreaction. There is no zero-risk option with this disease or with its management, but letâs go with the best scientific evidence to protect our society.
How Jo Brand s daughter is poised to follow her into the spotlight: Singer Maisie Bourke, 19, is a TikTok star with her first single on the way - and fans can t get enough of her trendy fashion, indie kid boyfriend and life in London
Maisie Bourke, 19, - who goes by the stage name Maisi - has 30k TikTok followers
She is the oldest daughter of Jo Brand and psychiatrist nurse Bernie Bourke
Star told FEMAIL she s getting ready to release her first single and is inspired by Lily Allen, Charlie XCX and has experimented with various pop styles
Also has a growing Instagram following with many praising her cool indie style
Jo Brand: I come from an era when women like me were made to feel like pariahs
No-nonsense comedian Jo Brand talks about her career, the challenges of being a woman in comedy and why she backs a domestic abuse charity
22 December 2020 • 6:00am
Jo Brand has worked with Refuge, a domestic violence charity, for more than 20 years
Credit: Warren Allott/The Telegraph
Jo Brand is busy telling me that people are often surprised when they meet her. “What I get is quite a lot of: ‘Oh, you’re not at all how I thought you would be’,” she says. Which is strange, because she’s exactly how I thought she would be: self-deprecating and unfiltered.