Is there any science behind two-metre social distancing rule…? Government adviser says not

Is there any science behind two-metre social distancing rule…? Government adviser says guidelines on keeping apart was ‘conjured out of nowhere’ Robert Dingwall from Nervtag said that the rule was ‘conjured up out of nowhere’ The sociology professor warned evidence supports a one-metre gap but not two He said that government’s advice for a two-metre … Read more

Senior Government adviser says screening at airports would be useless as most won’t have symptoms

Screening passengers at airports would be useless because most who travelled with coronavirus wouldn’t be showing symptoms, says Government advisor England’s deputy chief medical officer defended the Government’s decision not to screen  Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said checks would miss cases with no symptoms  Tourists have criticised the ‘shocking’ lack of testing when arriving in the … Read more

Judge rejects Roger Stone’s request for retrial after Trump adviser claimed juror was ‘biased’

A federal judge on Thursday denied a bid for a new trial by President Donald Trump’s longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone after the veteran Republican operative accused the jury forewoman of being tainted by anti-Trump political bias. US District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejected Stone’s claim that the jury forewoman was biased against … Read more

Coronavirus: Scientific adviser to the Government says there is no more risk at work than at home

The row over Britain’s coronavirus lockdown intensified last night after a Government scientific adviser said the country ‘cannot hide away forever’ from the disease. Rupert Shute, the deputy scientific adviser at the Home Office, predicted that 80 per cent of people would get the disease anyway. Speaking to passport officials in an attempt to urge … Read more