with higher risk of hospitalization than seasonal influenza?
— Read on blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/12/16/ziyad-al-aly-is-covid-19-associated-with-higher-risk-of-hospitalization-than-seasonal-influenza/
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Tier 4 lockdown
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Ugur Sahin
The post-first world war flu outbreak also came in waves and led to school closures and face-mask rows
We need to make the case against a Tory military spending spree and for investment to tackle the real threats our communities face, argues RICHARD BURGON MP
— Read on morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/lets-push-investment-welfare-not-warfare
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Coronavirus: long-COVID-19
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‘Early this year the government got a publicity and praise for introducing the NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme 2020 so that the families of NHS workers killed by covid-19 would promptly receive financial support. Several months on, and very sadly, many deaths later, how many £60,000 or other payments have been made under this scheme?’
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Solicitors’ mistake not a good reason to grant relief where claim was filed but not served.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/unsealed-claim-forms-not-good-service-high-court-rules/5106804.article
Claims for compensation after being infected with Covid “appear to be gathering some momentum” amid an increase in claims farming activity.
— Read on www.litigationfutures.com/news/covid-related-claims-gaining-momentum-warns-defendant-firm
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UNICEF feeding children in the U.K.
El Pais has an interesting visualisation of how aerosol transmission works in indoor settings. It’s one of those things that you read and then wish you hadn’
— Read on jamiesnotes.com/blog/2020/10/aerosol-transmission-of-covid-19-in-indoor-settings/.
Tim Crosland said he leaked the Supreme Court’s judgment ‘as an act of civil disobedience’.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/barrister-faces-action-for-breach-of-heathrow-judgment-embargo/5106814.article
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Insurance: fire damage (Peter Hall)
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Coronavirus: Vietnam
Last week I wrote about the defendant’s unsuccessful appeal in Azam v University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 3384 (QB). I have been sent a copy of the initial judgment of HHJ Rawlings (2nd September 2019), by barrister John Coughlan. This judgment makes interesting reading, particularly on the date of knowledge. Azam-Approved Judgment -…
— Read on www.civillitigationbrief.com/2020/12/14/azam-v-university-hospital-birmingham-nhs-foundation-the-judgment-at-first-instance-the-date-of-knowledge-in-a-clinical-negligence-case/
Lateral flow tests cannot rule out SARS-CoV-2 infection | The BMJ
— Read on www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4787
The British Establishment’s Forever War Against Jeremy Corbyn
— Read on jacobinmag.com/2020/12/jeremy-corbyn-echr-report-antisemitism-labour-party-uk
Editorial from The New England Journal of Medicine — SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination — An Ounce (Actually, Much Less) of Prevention
— Read on www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2034717
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George Galloway
Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK – The Lancet
— Read on www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32661-1/fulltext
Britain’s medicine regulator warned people with significant allergies not to get Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine after two people suffered adverse reactions, but was set to give more detailed guidance on Wednesday based on reviews of those cases.
— Read on mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN28J1D1
Covid-19 latest updates from Greater Manchester, the UK and world
— Read on www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/coronavirus-live-updates-uk-vaccine-19417347
Open Letter to Labour’s National Executive Committee – Freedom of Speech is a Right not a Privilege and it is not in the gift of Starmer’s Glove Puppet David Evans – Tony Greenstein
— Read on tonygreenstein.com/2020/12/open-letter-to-labours-national-executive-committee-freedom-of-speech-is-a-right-not-a-privilege-and-it-is-not-in-the-gift-of-starmers-glove-puppet-david-evans/
PI Brief Update for personal injury law news UK.
— Read on www.pibriefupdate.com/content/pibulj-sec/2709-is-there-a-fourth-way-to-assess-future-loss-of-earnings-geoff-owen-greenwoods-solicitors
Smith v Manchester awards – when they are appropriate. Guidance as to the award for ‘disadvantage on the open labour market’
— Read on jimhester.me/2020/07/smith-v-manchester-awards-part-one-when-are-they-appropriate/
‘Havana syndrome’ likely caused by directed microwaves – US report – BBC News
— Read on www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-55203844
Argentina’s Senate passed a tax on about 12,000 of the country’s richest people on Friday, to pay for coronavirus measures including medical supplies and relief for the poor and small businesses.
— Read on news.yahoo.com/millionaires-tax-virus-relief-passes-074215484.html
In Lewis v Wandsworth London Borough Council the High Court considered Bolton v Stone [1951] AC 850 and overturned a decision in favour of a Claimant who was struck by a cricket ball whilst walking near a cricket pitch.
— Read on www.ropewalk.co.uk/knowledge-sharing/blog/personal-injury/1747/bolton-v-stone-revisited
Trump’s challenges to the US election: What would happen here?
— Read on www.4-5.co.uk/publications/view/trumps-challenges-to-the-us-election-what-would-happen-here
Independent SAGE | Following the Science
— Read on www.independentsage.org/
Very interesting webinar today (4/12/20) from eminent experts
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Stop attacking immigration lawyers!
Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) is a painful and disabling disorder of the blood vessels, nerves and joints, caused by exposure to hand transmitted vibration, often from using power tools. HAVS is preventable, but once damage is done, it is irreversible.
— Read on www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr1162.htm
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The murder of Pat Finucane
Evidence of the COVID-19 Virus Targeting the CNS: Tissue Distribution, Host–Virus Interaction, and Proposed Neurotropic Mechanisms | ACS Chemical Neuroscience
— Read on pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00122
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FTP: Hallel Rabin
I’m a Discrimination Lawyer – the Labour Party Has Probably Broken the Law by Removing the Whip From Jeremy Corbyn
by David Renton
— Read on novaramedia.com/2020/11/26/im-a-discrimination-lawyer-the-labour-party-has-probably-broken-the-law-by-removing-the-whip-from-jeremy-corbyn/
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U.K. Statistics Office
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Trump’s vote rigging cases
Covid-19: Strengthened tier system for England after lockdown – BBC News
— Read on www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-55029401
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Unintentional bullying
PHE collated the data using the NHS Test and Trace app for people who tested positive between 9 and 15 November.
— Read on news.sky.com/story/covid-19-supermarkets-most-common-exposure-setting-for-catching-coronavirus-in-england-latest-data-shows-12136418
Revealed: the Israel lobby’s Labour hit list
Asa Winstanley
Lobby Watch
— Read on electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/revealed-israel-lobbys-labour-hit-list
Unique window on disciplinary process gives damning view on actions of Labour hierarchy – condemning ‘deliberate political interference’ and making clear Corbyn was reinstated on independent legal advice Fourteen members of Labour’s 39-member National Executive Committee (NEC) have written a damning and explosive letter to Labour general secretary David Evans about the conduct of party…
— Read on skwawkbox.org/2020/11/19/exclusive-explosive-letter-to-party-from-14-nec-members-requires-general-secretary-to-rebuke-starmer-and-instructs-him-to-immediately-restore-whip-to-corbyn/
FCA v Arch and Others [2020] EWHC 2448 (Comm): COVID-19 business interruption insurance. – 12 King’s Bench Walk
— Read on www.12kbw.co.uk/fca-v-arch-and-other-2020-ewhc-2448-comm-covid-19-business-interruption-insurance/
Claimant PI lawyers have turned to the Lord Chief Justice to support a review of the proposed tariff of damages for the whiplash reforms.
— Read on www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/claimant-lawyers-urge-lord-chief-to-step-in-on-whiplash-reforms
Victory For Workers Denied Health And Safety Protections Amid Covid-19 | EachOther
— Read on eachother.org.uk/victory-for-workers-denied-health-safety-protections-amid-covid-19/
Service out of the jurisdiction after 31 December 2020: the end of service out without permission? – EU Relations Law
— Read on eurelationslaw.com/blog/service-out-of-the-jurisdiction-after-31-december-2020-the-end-of-service-out-without-permission
David Oliver: Heed HSIB on covid transmission in hospital | The BMJ
— Read on www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4306
One aspect of the original outbreak of coronavirus in March and April that has not received enough attention was the spread of the virus in NHS hospitals. With NHS staff lacking Personal Protective Equipment – and as we know now, suffering from a lack of preparedness – the virus spread at rapid spee…
— Read on www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-many-people-are-catching-covid-in-hospital-
Findings ‘may reshape history of pandemic’, scientists say
— Read on www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-italy-anitbodies-covid-study-b1723243.html
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The right to picket (Thompsons)
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Right to picket during the lockdown
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Inquests: standard of proof
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Kamala Harris
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Injuries abroad – local standards
The Independent has seen documented reports of Covid-positive patients being forced to mix with other members of the public because of a lack of space and beds at North Manchester General Hospital.
— Read on www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-nhs-hospital-a-and-e-coronavirus-manchester-b1721012.html
ISSUE 1 – The Campaign Against Corbyn – The Free Press?
— Read on the-free-press.co.uk/2020/03/29/campaign-against-corbyn/amp/
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Biden Harris – Lowkey’s tweets
Swift v Carpenter: permission to appeal refused, and Respondent to pay costs. – Temple Garden Chambers
— Read on tgchambers.com/news-and-resources/news/swift-v-carpenter-permission-to-appeal-refused-and-respondent-to-pay-costs/
The Labour Antisemitism Report Has Always Been a Politically Motivated Travesty
— Read on jacobinmag.com/2020/10/labour-antisemitism-report-ehrc-corbyn-commission
Understanding ‘aerosol transmission’ could be key to controlling coronavirus
Julian Tang
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/28/understanding-aerosol-transmission-key-controlling-coronavirus-wash-hands
In what leading campaigners are describing as “a new chapter for nuclear disarmament”, the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will now come into force on 22 January, after Honduras became the 50th Member State to ratify on Saturday. |
— Read on news.un.org/en/story/2020/10/1076082
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