Comment: Little England’s big Covid problem
The UK government’s response to the coronavirus has been fatally shambolic
In late September, English schoolchildren were sent home with a letter from Public Health England, the official body in charge of dealing with the pandemic. It warned parents not to have their kids tested for Covid-19 unless they had one of three symptoms: a fever, a continuous dry cough, or a loss of smell or taste.
It was a puzzling message, given mounting evidence that the most common Covid-19 symptoms in children are in fact...
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