From the outset, all the evidence suggested that COVID-19 was deadly to the old and infirm, and a bad flu for everybody else. Focused protection for the vulnerable and developing a vaccine to alleviate the burden on them were policies that made the most sense. And given that only a small fraction of the population...
Is this a politically motivated prosecution? Or the antidote to a politically motivated non-prosecution? The New York Times covers it as an example of the former. The Department of Justice has opened a probe into former governor Andrew Cuomo’s testimony before Congress about his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cuomo had insisted in his testimony...
McDonald’s has suffered its biggest drop in US sales since the height of Covid, a fall that it said was driven by wider concerns about the US economy. The world’s largest burger chain’s revenue at US stores open at least a year sank 3.6% in the first three months of 2025 compared with the same...
The NHS is urging vulnerable people across Devon and Cornwall to book their spring Covid-19 vaccinations. Eligible people include those aged 75 and over, older adults in care homes, and people with a weakened immune system. NHS England in the South West said vaccinations were available at 482 community pharmacies across the region. Bosses said...
The story of the pandemic, told through the eyes of those bereaved by Covid-19. View original article...
