At last - some good news

COP26 climate change summit may have to be postponed again - or radically changed - due to COVID

Two government sources suggest the Glasgow summit might have to be delayed for a second time amid signs the pandemic is worsening.

Almost unenforceable

'Rule of Six' almost unenforceable because of two-household concession, say police chiefs

Officers are taking a more 'permissive' approach than in lockdown as more people receive their Covid vaccine and infection levels flatline.

Time to do a quick check on who cares about that...

er...

umm...

seems to be nobody at all...

For expensive noses only

Lloyds Pharmacy is set to launch what it calls the UK’s first ever nasal spray specifically designed to fight Covid-19.

The spray, called Viraleze, claims to be made from “a specifically designed antiviral active that irreversibly inactivates greater than 99.9 per cent of coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2 within one minute”...

It should be used once in each nostril up to four times a day...

Each bottle contains 80 sprays.

Viraleze launches online this week, ahead of an in-store rollout from April 21, and will be priced at £15.

That would be £15 for 10 days or nearly £550 per year. Not for mouth breathers presumably.

Could be worse than the EU

COVID-19: Boris Johnson joins world leaders in call for global treaty to prepare for next pandemic

Boris Johnson says COVID-19 has exploited the world's divisions but countries must work together to defeat the next pandemic.

Next time let's have a treaty to blame says Boris.

The policy didn’t work, so what next?

 

Source

There are caveats in country by country coronavirus comparisons. With that in mind, UK coronavirus deaths per million data still suggest that government policy has not worked. The outcome has been so poor that it would not be an outrageous move if all those experts who advocated it were to be rather publicly sacked. An official government apology would be good too – from Boris and Starmer jointly.

It is not even unreasonable to suggest UK government lockdown policies have probably made the impact of the virus worse than it would have been with a lighter touch. Carry on as usual, protect the vulnerable and a heavy information campaign for example.

To my mind the only people to come out of this with any credit are those involved with researching, testing, manufacturing and delivering the vaccine. It is not necessary to delve into the validity of the vaccine approach to see that - we need to take away something positive. Yet even this should be questioned if and when we see another seasonal rise in infections. A public mea culpa is obviously necessary to kick that off. It won't happen.

Knob

COVID-19: Kate launches Hold Still photo book bringing 'poignant and personal' lockdown stories to life

The duchess says "the power of the images is in the poignant and personal stories that sit behind them".

No thanks. I already have two folders of family lockdown photos, one for 2020 and one for 2021. I haven't yet created a folder for 2022. 

Oh well, here's one of my lockdown photos. I've called it Knob. It's a reminder that I polished all the brass doorknobs in the house. Also a lasting reminder of those who brought lockdowns upon us.

The Raleigh Chopper

 

Not my era of course, but our kids had lookalike versions.