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If Sweden succeeds, lockdowns will all have been for nothing – The Telegraph

When foreign commentators discuss Sweden’s light-touch response to Covid-19, they tend to adopt an affronted tone. Which is, on the surface, surprising. You’d think everyone would be willing the Nordic country to succeed. After all, if Sweden can come through the epidemic without leaving a smoking crater where its economy used to be, there is hope for the rest of the world. So far, many signs appear encouraging. The disease seems to be following the same basic trajectory in Sweden as elsewhere.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/25/sweden-succeeds-lockdownswill-have-nothing/

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Britain could be the Western economy hardest hit by coronavirus unless we can unlock soon – The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/04/25/traffic-lights-approach-can-lead-us-lockdown/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw

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Two new waves of deaths are about to break over the NHS, new analysis warns – The Telegraph

A new analysis by Edge Health, a leading provider of data to NHS trusts, warns that a second and then a third wave of “non-corona” deaths are about to hit Britain. Unless radical solutions can be found to resume normal service and slash waiting lists, the NHS may be forced to institute a formal regime of rationing.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/two-new-waves-deaths-break-nhs-new-analysis-warns/

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Posting anti-vaccine propaganda on social media could become criminal offence, Law Commissioner says – The Telegraph

Posting anti-vaccine propaganda on social media could become a criminal offence.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/01/posting-anti-vaccine-propaganda-social-media-could-become-criminal/