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Science Correspondent for the Guardian – occasionally also found at the Observer. Book lover, archer and stitcher

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Joined March 2011
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  1. Aug 1

    Pinged. Time to self-isolate. It seems I probably sat near someone with Covid while getting my second jab. Didn’t help the chairs were arranged in pairs and there were no untaken pairs left.

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    Jul 27

    Tonight on Inside Health at 2100 - using contraception to have fewer periods with ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ and ⁦⁩. Then ⁦⁩ on the dangers of coercing young adults to be vaccinated and finally …. 1/2

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    Jul 26

    Tomorrow's : Ministers urge caution as Covid cases plunge again • Read our story, by , and , here:

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  4. Jul 26

    Do you work in NHS hospitals? Have you had your leave cancelled because of the current Covid situation? Let me know today please- nicola.davis@theguardian.com.

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  5. Jul 22

    On Tuesday England alone hit 805 hospitalisations. A peak of 1k a day now looks rather optimistic.

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  6. Jul 14

    Extremely concerning to find my taxi driver today not wearing a mask because ‘he’s double vaccinated’. He didn’t ask- but I am not.

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    Jun 25

    Just sat through the most ridiculous lobby. The PM's spokesman refuses to engage in any questions despite the massive public interest questions facing Matt Hancock. Utter contempt for the public.

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    Jun 28

    It's a new dawn indeed and a new hostage to fortune

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    "It's going to irreversible, there's no going back" New Health Secretary Sajid Javid says it is his "absolute priority" to lift Covid restrictions "as quickly as possible"
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    Jun 25

    Matt Hancock’s breach could erode UK’s adherence to Covid rules, scientists say

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    Jun 23

    I love the natural world, but sometimes it's no more than a battle for survival.

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  11. Jun 18

    Gone are the days of friends screaming Boo! to cure the hiccups...

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    Jun 18

    “There were no deckchairs, no ice-cream shops – what there was, was lots of dinosaurs. It was actually a busy place,” the author said. “They were treading in the sand and mixing it up – almost ploughing it like a field … actually we could even see tracks, where they were going.”

    Footprints of possibly last dinosaurs to walk Britain found in Kent
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  13. Jun 18

    What's the current situation with Delta: check it out here. Thanks to for comment

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  14. Jun 18

    New PHE report suggests 99% of covid cases in the UK now involve Delta: find out more here. With thank to for unpicking a couple of numbers for me :)

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  15. Jun 15

    The Covid Delta variant: how effective are the vaccines?

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    Jun 11

    Just to address confusion - 12 of 42 deaths among those doubly vaccinated *does not* indicate vaccines aren't effective. If they weren't effective, we'd expect almost all deaths to be among fully vaccinateds, given vulnerable groups have very high levels of complete vaccination.

    PHE report on variants just out. Highlights: ->90% of cases across England now delta -delta ~66% more transmissible -Most cases are in school age children -30% deaths were among fully vaccinated and 17% in partly vaccinated -cases of delta sublineage with K417N mutation 🧵
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    Jun 8

    NEW: latest data now show a clear rise in hospital admissions in the UK, and numbers could climb rapidly. Admissions & patient numbers in the North West are ~straight lines on a log-scale: exponential growth Our story, with & :

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    Jun 9

    Here are some charts showing what is going on with Covid cases and hospitalizations in England. A thread. Firstly, cases. In order that the graph doesn't get too spiky, we smooth it by taking the average cases in the previous 7 days. Here it is.

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    Jun 9

    7,540 cases reported today is highest since February 26. Seven-day average has doubled in 12 days. Hospital admissions will also rise exponentially - but in younger people and the multiplier is still unclear. We still don't know what the "safe" infection level is

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    Jun 9

    Preliminary analysis of Delta variant serial intervals (i.e. delay from onset-to-onset) vs early 2020 in Singapore. Based on household transmission, no clear evidence of difference, so consistent with higher Delta spread being down to difference in R.

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