By Paul Martin. Research published by a major international body has failed to show that racism is the primary cause of the phenomenon, seen in Europe and North America, that members of Black, Asian and minority communities (BAME) resident there are getting Covid-19 fatally at higher rates than others in the same categories.
Excess deaths in UK reached almost 55,000 in early May, says the Office of National Statistics.
By Paul Martin. “A damning indictment of the Health Service,” was how ITV’s main news presenter put it. The ITV News Health Correspondent agreed. It was a dubious claim during a classic journalistic malfunction. The reporting and presentation showed how NOT to do things. Not to rush to inaccurate conclusions from flawed gathering of information.
By Paul Martin. Testing to see how many people currently have the Covid-19 virus became a political hot potato after the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Health Secretary Matt Hancock failed to meet a rash promise they made early in April.
Britain’s health secretary Matt Hancock has dashed the hopes of millions of his country’s grandparents. ______________________________________________________ You don’t have access to this premium article. To view please purchase a premium subscription by clicking on a subscription link below. Premium Subscription This is a available at £9.99 per month ooo Username Password Remember Me […]
Fredie Blom is on a desperate quest – to get some cigarettes. During the pandemic lockdown in his native land South Africa, all cigarettes and cigars are banned from the shops — along with all alcohol products.
A state-run hospital in London will be rebranding its coronavirus zone signals, sending people they believe have Covid-19 into wards marked up with blue paint rather than the current colour, red. “It’s intended to make our patients feel a little less panicked,” said an NHS nurse to correspondent.world. “It can be very disconcerting to literally […]
“Dairy farmers seek government help as lockdown forces milk dumping,” was a headline in the Financial Times recently. British television also showed farmers literally pouring excess milk down the drain – unable to sell their usual supplies to the country’s shut-down restaurants and cafes.
The Swiss government has decided to allow grandparents to hug their grandchildren under the age of ten.