In this specially extended Slog essay, we examine the all too familiar micro elements that make PHE an at best dubious NGO, the dysfunctional Whiteminster judgements that attract little or no respect, and the geopolitical machinations involved that exploit and exaggerate citizen fears of death that are at best unlikely and at worst delusional. But the chief learning here is that Covid19 is nothing more than a weapon for something far worse than death.
Throughout PHE’s mercifully brief life, there have been suspicions as to just how impartial it really is. The agency was criticised by
The Lancet for allegedly using weak evidence in a review of electronic cigarettes to endorse an estimate that e-cigarette use is 95% less hazardous than smoking: “it is on this extraordinarily flimsy foundation that PHE based the major conclusion and message of its report” … this “raises serious questions not only about the conclusions of the PHE report, but also about the quality of the a
Analysis: vaccination rollout plagued by shortages and logistical problems
Officials are trying to iron out issues with deliveries, said health minister Lord Bethell, who asked for the forgiveness of patients
7 January 2021 • 9:30pm
Health Secretary Matt Hancock s visit to a north London surgery descended into farce when he turned up only to discover that the delivery of the Oxford jabs had been delayed
It was supposed to be a triumphant moment – Matt Hancock watching on as a GP injected the first dose of the Oxford vaccine into a patient’s arm.
But in scenes likened to political satire The Thick of It, the Health Secretary’s visit to a north London surgery descended into farce when he turned up only to discover that the delivery of the jabs had been delayed.
Simon Morpuss
SIR – I believe that if the storming of the United States Capitol had been conducted by people of colour, or by certain religious groups, the intervention of the security authorities would likely have been much stronger, possibly resulting in many more casualties. A sad reflection.
Graham Andrew
SIR – How ironic that the people who said they would “respect the result” of the biggest democratic vote in British history are now surprised that their disease has been exported to America.
The world looked on horrified for three years as Tony Blair, Gina Miller, Sir Keir Starmer and John Bercow attempted to obstruct the democratic will of the British people – publicised and nourished by the obsessive daily media broadcasts from Parliament Square.
The article in question asserted that the body had decided not to deliver the Covid-19 vaccine Sundays. However, this has now been rejected by Public Health England’s interim chief executive, Michael Brodie. Mr Brodie said: “We run a 7-day-a-week service and have fulfilled 100% of orders from the NHS on time and in full – with routine next-day deliveries 6 days a week as agreed with the NHS and the capability to send orders received late and on Sundays if required. “We are working around the clock to distribute millions of doses all over the UK every week and can deliver as much available as the NHS needs.”
Hancock downplays Covid vaccine target of 13m by February as jabs won t be delivered on Sundays and pharmacies snubbed thesun.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thesun.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.