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Boris Johnson will IGNORE critics and plunge 10 million northerners into tough ‘Tier Three’ lockdown

Boris Johnson WILL plunge 10 million northerners into tough ‘Tier Three’ lockdown on Monday with pubs and restaurants CLOSED – after Nicola Sturgeon announced two-week restriction in Scotland Boris Johnson to announce plans for ‘Tier Three’ lockdown in Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle next week The ‘Tier Three’ lockdown – the highest on a new alert… Read More »

Crazy week of PR & news on studies should teach us how/what to ignore

August 6, 2020 Posted By Categories Gary Schwitzer is the founder and publisher of HealthNewsReview. He has covered health care news almost exclusively since 1973. Here is his online bio.  He tweets as @garyschwitzer or as @HealthNewsRevu. Getty Images On Tuesday, it was excitement over vaccine news in 12 monkeys. (Journalism example.) On Wednesday, it was excitement over… Read More »

Convalescent plasma: another controversial clash of politics & science

You’d need a pretty big, stiff broom to sweep away all of the hype dished out by the Trump Administration as it announced an Emergency Use Authorization for convalescent plasma – the liquid component of blood that may be tapped for disease-fighting antibodies from people who’ve been infected with COVID-19. Before the announcement was even… Read More »