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Wednesday briefing: What you’ve missed at the Covid inquiry
In today’s newsletter: From allegedly lost WhatsApp messages to Sir Patrick Vallance’s frank lockdown diary, revelations only get more intriguing • Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Edition…
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From the archive: Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes – podcast
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors This week, from 2020: Cholera has largely…
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Communication with ministers was poor, scientist tells UK Covid inquiry
Prof Neil Ferguson says advisory committee did not know what was being planned or thought about by government Poor communication between ministers and scientists was such a barrier at the…
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UK lockdowns were a policy ‘failure’, health expert tells Covid inquiry
Stay-at-home measures should have been last resort due to harmful effects, says epidemiologist Nationwide lockdowns in the UK during the pandemic were a “failure” of public health policy as they…
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Covid deaths are on the rise again, so what happens? Mask-wearing in hospitals is scrapped | George Monbiot
The only masking that’s going on is that of the government’s continued failure to get to grips with the virus For some people, going to hospital may now be more…
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‘That decision cost lives’: Covid data case further deflates Ron DeSantis’s campaign
Settlement over withheld virus data that critics say cost thousands of lives comes at pivotal time for Republican governor and his teetering campaign A courtroom settlement over withheld Covid-19 data…
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Police issue 24 fines for Covid breaches at Tory party attended by Shaun Bailey
Met initially took no action but reopened inquiry after video showed staff drinking alcohol and dancing The Metropolitan police have recommended 24 fixed-penalty notices be imposed for breaches of Covid…
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UK’s top civil servant said government looked like ‘tragic joke’ during pandemic
Expletive-laden messages between No 10 staff shown at Covid inquiry lament government decision-making and role of Carrie Johnson The UK’s most senior civil servant, Simon Case, described the government as…
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Captain Tom’s daughter says family kept £800,000 from his books
Hannah Ingram-Moore says her late father wanted the money to stay in the family’s Club Nook Ltd accounts The daughter of Capt Sir Tom Moore has admitted to keeping £800,000…
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Labour is right: billions were lost to Covid fraud, and the public deserve a reckoning | Devi Sridhar
Given the immense suffering the pandemic brought to so many people, profiteers cannot be allowed to get away with it Within the world of global health aid and financing, corruption…