@DehennaDavison The vast majority of the country support these measures but you know better than the scientists etc who have got us this far in a relatively good position. Have you seen numbers in Germany Belgium etc?
Lest @jenniferarcuri thinks I’m not serious, my lawyers are tonight preparing papers to sue her, demand she delete tweet properly, apologise + admit her claims her baseless plus pay substantial six-figure compensation, much of which will go to child abuse charities.
Pretty base stuff from Phillip Schofield and @thismorning, making fun of someone's disability for entertainment purposes (and let's not pretend that's not what they did).
NEW A trusted source familiar with the No 10 operation says not a single MP or minister (inc the PM) was at the Dec 18 party.
It was organised by the staff of one department in No 10, some spads were there. Someone brought in cheese and wine. That was the extent of 'the party'.
Just be be clear on something as I'm still awake, this was better than I expected of Omicron. The fact that it still needs the ACE2 receptor and that escape is incomplete means its a tractable problem with the tools we got
There are a few results:
1. Omicron still uses ACE2
2. There is a very large drop in neutralization of Omicron by BNT162b2 immunity relative to ancestral virus
3. Omicron escape from BNT162b2 neutralization is incomplete. Previous infection + vaccination still neutralizes