Dr Colin Angus

Analysis

We shouldn’t be complacent to the potential threat of this, or subsequent COVID waves.

— Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 are behind an increasing wave of infections in the UK. The wall of immunity put up by vaccinations and previous infections is not as strong as it once was. So, what happens next?

COVID-19

Don’t believe the claim that only 17,371 people have died from COVID in England and Wales.

— A freedom of information request is only useful if you know how to read the data. Over 140,000 people with pre-existing conditions have died of COVID in the last two years. We should be mourning this tragic loss of life, not minimising it.

COVID-19

Omicron is likely to hit deprived areas the hardest.

— The fact omicron can overcome the wall of protection built up in deprived areas through high levels of prior infection means there is a risk inequalities are going to be repeated in the coming weeks and months.