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Ministers, MPs and health experts demanded better data on the impact of Omicron last night amid a row over the modelling used to push the case for new Covid curbs.
In advice to ministers published this weekend, the UK Government's scientific advisers said that without more 'stringent measures', there could be astronomical casualty numbers.
Israel is in the midst of a spiralling fourth wave that shows no sign of slowing despite its original, world-leading vaccination drive. British experts said the UK and US must urgently roll out booster vaccines.
"As the famous investor Ray Dalio has said, "truth is the essential foundation for good outcomes". Yet the government has relied on information that has often turned out to be untrue. "For example, Imperial College research in March, which precipitated a lockdown in over 100 countries, including the first major pub closure in history in the UK, was deeply flawed. "Indeed, lockdowns, the core of the UK's current strategy, have been shown by many studies to be ineffective, and often counterproductive. Examples can be found in appendix 1. "David Nabarro, of the World Health Orga...