A single dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine may block 75 per cent of symptomless infections, a study on NHS workers has suggested. Asymptomatic screening of staff at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge showed the number of people testing positive fell from 0.8 per cent to 0.2 per cent 12 days after their injection. The ‘very impressive’ … Read more
Three-quarters of Britons are optimistic that 2021 will be a better year after 2020 was blighted by Covid pandemic but 43% are worried financial markets will crash Shocking 96 per cent of people said that 2020 had been a bad year for Britain However, three quarters are also optimistic 2021 will be a better year … Read more
A group called the Campaign For Common Sense revealed the result of an analysis of BBC comedy shows yesterday: last month, out of 141 comedians across 364 slots on such programmes as Have I Got News For You and Mock The Week, ’74 per cent of the slots were occupied by comedians with publicly pronounced … Read more
The vast majority of Donald Trump’s voters believe Joe Biden only won the presidency due to some sort of ‘fraud’ – rhetoric that the president has been peddling for months. A Monmouth poll released Wednesday shows 77 per cent of Trump’s voters think there was some sort of funny business with the 2020 elections that … Read more
Three quarters of A&Es are unable to comply with social distancing because they are ‘dangerously’ overcrowded, leading medics have warned. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine surveyed senior doctors at 110 emergency departments across England as they brace for what could be the toughest winter on record. Three in four said they could not maintain social … Read more
Three-quarters of the public oppose the sale of chlorinated chicken in Britain, a major Government-backed study said yesterday. And nearly nine out of ten are against any new food trade deal that allows hormone-treated beef. The country’s deep reluctance to accept meat they believe is produced to worrying standards was confirmed by one of the … Read more
Almost three-in-four members of Australia’s Gen Z are ‘disgusted’ by the idea of lab-grown meat and said they would not eat it instead of animal products, a study found. Synthetic, lab-grown — or ‘cultured’ — meat is grown in dishes from samples of real animal cells, instead of being sourced from the slaughter of livestock. … Read more
What ARE they teaching British kids these days? Over three-quarters of 16 to 24-year-olds don’t know the county where Shakespeare was born and can’t locate the Angel of the North sculpture Survey concludes that the UK’s Generation Z needs to reconnect with its nation It found that they didn’t know the answers to basic geography … Read more
Rogue ‘bedroom traders’ ignore watchdog: More than three-quarters are still operating on social media Instagram stars are persuading naive investors to join unregulated groups They are told the trader is supposedly betting on foreign exchange fluctuations 21 traders added to warning list since start of the year but 16 remain active By Miles Dilworth For … Read more
Nearly three-quarters of coronavirus patients in ICUs become delirious – and those with confusion triggered by the virus face 10% higher risks of death More than 73% of patients admitted to ICUs with coronavirus experience delirium, which lasts for about seven days About 87% had hypoactive delirium, characterized by a reduction in physical movements, and 13% … Read more