Boris Johnson was briefed by the architect behind Sweden’s anti-lockdown strategy before he announced a raft of new restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19, it was claimed today. Both the Prime Minister and Chancellor Rishi Sunak allegedly heard from Professor Anders Tegnell, after they sought advice from academics outside the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group … Read more
Jennifer Beam Dowd wrote in an article for Slate on Friday that the study by IZA Institute of Labor Economics was not to be trusted An Oxford epidemiologist has backed up South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem in her skepticism of the widely disputed Sturgis study that claimed 266,000 people were infected with COVID-19 from the single … Read more
Hot summer could curb the spread of Covid-19 as virus particles spread in water will evaporate in sunny weather, says top epidemiologist By Stephen Adams for The Mail on Sunday Published: 00:48 BST, 31 May 2020 | Updated: 01:43 BST, 31 May 2020 A long, hot summer could help curb the spread of Covid-19, according … Read more
Obesity is a major risk factor for those with coronavirus, says France’s chief epidemiologist, backing other studies that say obese patients are at greater risk of severe complications and remain contagious nearly twice as long France’s chief epidemiologist, Professor Jean-François Delfraissy, says being obese is a major risk factor for those infected with coronavirus Delfraissy … Read more