UK has its head in the sand over the economic cost of lockdown. While many are comfortable as the state funds them through lockdown we are sleep walking into an economic suicde.

Interview with former chief Swedish epidemiologist Professor Johan Giesecke, who reveals that he is 'watching with interest' how Australia and other countries come out of lockdown. Giesecke questions the effectiveness of the draconian measures taken and the wisdom of the UK government for basing its policy on Imperial College's flawed, non-peer-reviewed paper, championing instead Sweden's 'evidence-based' approach, which relies on social distancing and good old-fashioned handwashing.

Malaria remains humanity's most deadly infectious disease. Malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa might reach almost 770,000 as result of disruption due to Covid

People back in the 1968/69 were much calmer about flu compared to the high levels of anxiety seen in connection with Covid-19. Perhaps they were used to dealing with illnesses like measles and mumps and perhaps it was due to the absence of social media that has arguably been …

Today the UK Chancellor gave an indication of how much it is costing to support people who are unable to work due to the lockdown.

More than half of Britain’s adult population is now being funded by the state. 6.3 million people in the UK – almost a quarter …

While thinking about the Covid crisis it is probably too easy to get caught up in the immediate issues that affect you, such as how to continue with your work or get hold of groceries that you need. Many of us get very focused on Government policy: when will the …

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Across Europe, Covid only kills the under 60's in very small numbers. For example in Italy which has had a relatively high number of deaths overall, less than 3% were under 60 years old. In England and Wales the corresponding percentage is around 7%. This difference shows up …

Euromomo advise that the latest figures may not be reliable and should be treated with caution. However, so far so good for their less stringent lockdown policy according to the Oxford University Coronavirus Government Response Tracker

Blogmire analysis

An excellent analysis of Sweden has been written up at the www …

In the last release of mortality statistics from the ONS (data to 2014-04-03) showed a sudden increase in deaths. Unsurprisingly, many of the excess deaths are attributed to COVID-19, about 3,000. What was very surprising is that,compared to the five year average, 2,500 additional non-Covid deaths occurred …