Nicholas, J., & Evershed, N. (2022, January 21). Australia has had its deadliest day yet of the pandemic – here’s what we know about who is dying. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/2022/jan/21/australia-has-had-its-deadliest-day-yet-covid-omicron-heres-what-we-know-about-who-is-dying

Halliday, J., & correspondent, J. H. N. of E. (2022, January 17). ‘Christmas was awful’: On the Omicron frontline at the Royal Preston hospital. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/17/christmas-was-awful-on-the-omicron-frontline-at-the-royal-preston-hospital

Covid-19: Cutting self-isolation to five days would be helpful, Nadhim Zahawi says. (2022, January 9). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59925702

mdr.de. (n.d.). Wie sich die Zivilgesellschaft in Mitteldeutschland zunehmend gegen die Corona-Proteste stemmt | MDR.DE. Retrieved January 16, 2022, from https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/gesellschaft/corona-proteste-zivilgesellschaft-sachsen-anhalt-thueringen-100.html

Siddiqui, T. R., Virginia Pietromarchi,Usaid. (n.d.). UK PM Johnson rules out new COVID curbs before Christmas. Retrieved January 16, 2022, from https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/21/omicron-now-dominant-in-the-us-as-who-sounds-alarm-live

Connolly, K. (2021, December 28). German court rules disabled people must be protected in Covid triage cases. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/28/german-court-disabled-people-covid-triage

Middelaar, L. van. (2021, December 29). Faced with Covid, Europe’s citizens demanded an EU response – and got it. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2021/dec/29/covid-europe-citizens-eu-response-pandemic-european-health

Taylor, J. (2022, January 5). ‘Appalling message’: Outrage over Novak Djokovic’s medical exemption to play Australian Open. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/05/appalling-message-outrage-over-novak-djokovics-medical-exemption-to-play-australian-open

Chappell, B. (2022, January 13). Quebec’s “unvaxxed tax” has people rushing to get vaccinated. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2022/01/13/1072775645/quebec-covid-19-unvaccinated-tax

Devlin, H., Davis, N., & correspondents, N. D. S. (2022, January 14). Expect another Omicron wave in early summer, Sage says. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/14/expect-another-covid-omicron-wave-in-early-summer-sage-says

ReconfigBehSci. (2022, January 4). meet @michaelmina_lab for detailed info on what LFTs are for... Https://t.co/QRDQkp5SQW [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1478484756987887618

Is mandatory COVID vaccination legal? Here’s what Canada’s charter says. (n.d.). Calgaryherald. Retrieved January 14, 2022, from https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/is-mandatory-covid-19-vaccination-constitutional

David Spiegelhalter. (2022, January 6). Good news: Admissions for flu not quite as tiny as last year, but close. Https://gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports-2021-to-2022-season https://t.co/YILvkQ4Vqu [Tweet]. @d_spiegel. https://twitter.com/d_spiegel/status/1479139047515856901

Nash, D. (n.d.). The CDC Got Lost Trying to Follow the Science. Retrieved January 14, 2022, from https://www.barrons.com/articles/cdc-guidance-covid-isolation-pandemic-51641847943

NSW records 22 deaths, 91,928 COVID-19 cases as rapid tests added to daily infection tallies. (2022, January 12). ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-13/nsw-records-22-deaths-and-91928-covid-cases/100753504

Carl T. Bergstrom. (2022, January 14). Simple as pie. Https://t.co/tWuTE9Wt3C [Tweet]. @CT_Bergstrom. https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1481897807518654464

Sample, I., & editor, I. S. S. (2022, January 13). Covid isolation to be cut to five full days in England, says Sajid Javid. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/13/covid-isolation-to-be-cut-to-five-full-days-in-england-says-sajid-javid

Stephen Reicher. (2022, January 13). Following evidence is that peak infectivity with Omicron comes 3-6 days after symptoms emerge (https://niid.go.jp/niid/en/2019-ncov-e/10884-covid19-66-en.html), the isolation period is cut to 5 days. How is this “following the science” https://t.co/XRf0pbgiHG [Tweet]. @ReicherStephen. https://twitter.com/ReicherStephen/status/1481652386993041415

Yang, M. (2022, January 14). ‘Menace to public health’: 270 doctors criticize Spotify over Joe Rogan’s podcast. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/14/spotify-joe-rogan-podcast-open-letter

Omicron Inevitability? 55% say they’ll be infected regardless of precautions; two-in-five would end all restrictions. (2022, January 13). Angus Reid Institute. https://angusreid.org/omicron-covid-19-inevitable-back-to-school/

Cutler, S. (2022, January 13). Cutting the Covid isolation period to five days is foolhardy and dangerous. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/13/cutting-covid-isolation-period-five-days-foolhardy-dangerous

Pagel, C. (2021, October 26). Why the UK was so vulnerable to another Covid outbreak. Prospect Magazine. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/science-and-technology/why-the-uk-was-so-vulnerable-to-another-covid-19-outbreak-coronavirus

Torcuil Crichton. (2022, January 3). Sign of the covid times—Front page Scotland edition contrasting with front page London edition https://t.co/qCitRaa0b9 [Tweet]. @Torcuil. https://twitter.com/Torcuil/status/1477997545628577792

Prof. Christina Pagel. (2022, January 10). I agree with pretty much all of this @FT article https://ft.com/content/e200156f-2e5a-4165-8aa2-28c24fe3c036 https://t.co/zhqPpqdyn7 [Tweet]. @chrischirp. https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1480568139947692041

Up the line to death: Covid-19 has revealed a mortal betrayal of the world’s healthcare workers. (2021, January 29). The BMJ. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/01/29/up-the-line-to-death-covid-19-has-revealed-a-mortal-betrayal-of-the-worlds-healthcare-workers/

Stanford, J. (n.d.). Healthy humans drive the economy: We’re now witnessing one of the worst public policy failures in Australia’s history. The Conversation. Retrieved January 12, 2022, from http://theconversation.com/healthy-humans-drive-the-economy-were-now-witnessing-one-of-the-worst-public-policy-failures-in-australias-history-174606

Banerjee, A. (2022, January 12). I’m leading a long Covid trial – it’s clear Britain has underestimated its impact. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/12/long-covid-trial-britain-short-term-virus

Reguly, E. (2022, January 10). Support growing among European governments for COVID-19 vaccine mandates as Omicron cases surge. The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-compulsory-covid-vaccine-mandates-are-coming-to-europe/

Blackall, M. (2021, May 8). Outgoing vaccine chief claims Covid will not be circulating in UK by August. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/08/clive-dix-claims-covid-not-in-uk-by-august-vaccine

Mask mandate expanded as Queensland records 2,266 new cases of COVID-19. (2022, January 1). ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-01/qld-coronavirus-covid-omicron-latest-new-cases/100732908

Galvão-Castro, B., Cordeiro, R. S. B., & Goldenberg, S. (2022). Brazilian science under continuous attack. The Lancet, 399(10319), 23–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02727-6

Shoss, M., Hootegem, A. V., Selenko, E., & Witte, H. D. (2022). The Job Insecurity of Others: On the Role of Perceived National Job Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qhpu5

Carl T. Bergstrom. (2022, January 6). CDC clarified their protocol on yesterday: Https://cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/quarantine-isolation.html If you’re asymptomatic, you can deisolate 5 days after the date of a positive test. Since we don’t test daily, this is going to be >5 days after infectiousness for almost everyone. So far so good. Https://t.co/eIXnvno14w [Tweet]. @CT_Bergstrom. https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1478934178670387202

Cowper, A. (2022). Omicron: Who needs action when you’ve got Plan B? BMJ, 376, o15. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o15

Sample, I., & Davis, N. (2022, January 6). First Covid wave raised UK adult risk of death by 40%, study finds. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/06/first-covid-wave-raised-uk-adult-risk-of-death-by-40-study-finds

We definitely need aphorisms like this embedded into our political and economic spheres.

Covid jab offered to five to 11-year-old children in Ireland. (2022, January 3). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59857507

Paul. (2022, January 4). “Eminent” Professor Sunetra Gupta retweets pub landlord. The advancement of “science” 2020-2022... Https://t.co/CRQx5k0WMn [Tweet]. @Aw_what. https://twitter.com/Aw_what/status/1478317495912181762

Omicron peak could be “long and drawn out”, Sage scientists warn as pressure mounts on NHS. (2022, January 3). Inews.Co.Uk. https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/omicron-covid-variant-uk-peak-long-drawn-out-sage-scientists-warning-nhs-1380110

Maher, S. (2022, January 3). Misinformation from the U.S. is the next virus—And it’s spreading fast. Macleans.Ca. https://www.macleans.ca/society/health/misinformation-from-the-u-s-is-the-next-virus-and-its-spreading-fast/

Stephen Reicher. (2022, January 3). NHS Chiefs: “Hospitals in Crisis” Head Teachers: “Schools in Crisis” Prime Minister: “Crisis? What Crisis?” (i.e. You will have to sort it out without any support from us) https://t.co/OWDdGFrWl2 [Tweet]. @ReicherStephen. https://twitter.com/ReicherStephen/status/1478124355431419904

Coronavirus: Nothing in current data to support new curbs in England - ministers. (2022, January 2). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59853621

Opinion | The Supreme Court must uphold Biden’s vaccine mandates—And fast. (n.d.). Washington Post. Retrieved 3 January 2022, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/29/supreme-court-must-uphold-biden-vaccine-mandates/

Davis, Nicola, and Nicola Davis Science correspondent. ‘England Reports Record 113,638 New Covid Cases on Christmas Day’. The Guardian, 27 December 2021, sec. World news. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/27/uk-reports-daily-figure-of-98515-new-covid-cases.

Elgot, Jessica, and Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor. ‘England Could Fit Covid Air Filters to All Classrooms for Half Cost of Royal Yacht’. The Guardian, 27 December 2021, sec. Education. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/dec/27/covid-air-filters-for-all-classrooms-in-england-would-cost-half-of-royal-yacht.

McKie, R. (2022, January 2). Britain got it wrong on Covid: Long lockdown did more harm than good, says scientist. The Observer. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/02/britain-got-it-wrong-on-covid-long-lockdown-did-more-harm-than-good-says-scientist

Twitter permanently suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account over covid-19 misinformation. (n.d.). Washington Post. Retrieved 3 January 2022, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/02/marjorie-taylor-greene-twitter-suspension/

Shaun Lintern. (2021, December 30). Just so I have this clear in my own mind...the Govt has relentlessly pushed the narrative of no need for more restrictions and yet the NHS is building makeshift field hospitals in its car parks 🤷‍♂️ [Tweet]. @ShaunLintern. https://twitter.com/ShaunLintern/status/1476469941381570561

Murray, J. (2021, December 28). Omicron is ‘not the same disease’ as earlier Covid waves, says UK scientist. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/28/omicron-is-not-the-same-disease-as-earlier-covid-waves-says-uk-scientist

Timothy Caulfield. (2021, October 19). Politics is derailing a crucial debate over the immunity you get from recovering from #Covid19 https://statnews.com/2021/10/19/politics-is-derailing-a-crucial-debate-over-the-immunity-you-get-from-recovering-from-covid-19/ @levfacher via @statnews “People on the right scream, so people on the left say no. We’re in this horrible, awful feedback loop of vitriol right now.” [Tweet]. @CaulfieldTim. https://twitter.com/CaulfieldTim/status/1450475493262864393

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: “but it is not vaccinated people that are disproportionately filling up ICUs. For any government whose policy is guided by ICU capacity, limiting the transmission possibilities for the unvaccinated is now the point. It is frustrating to see someone continue to ignore this” / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved December 23, 2021, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1471088416246878211

Press, A. (2021, December 18). Court rules Biden’s vaccine mandate for large employers can take effect. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/18/court-rules-bidens-vaccine-mandate-for-large-employers-can-take-effect

Doctor dismantles typical COVID vaccine hesitancy arguments by putting forward alternative scenario. (n.d.). Sky News. Retrieved December 21, 2021, from https://news.sky.com/story/doctor-dismantles-typical-covid-vaccine-hesitancy-arguments-by-putting-forward-alternative-scenario-12501207

Peter den Haan. (2021, December 21). @dgurdasani1 Two headlines, one year apart. ~74,000 dead. Nothing learned whatsoever. Https://t.co/pjEmUoXxfA [Tweet]. @revpdh. https://twitter.com/revpdh/status/1473252947903590402

Quadri, S. (2021, December 20). Piers Corbyn arrested after urging public to ‘burn MPs’ offices’. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/piers-corbyn-arrested-protest-video-mp-offices-burn-b972788.html

Harry Spoelstra. (2021, November 26). Breaking: ECDC has designated B.1.1.529 today as a #VOC https://t.co/WyLnc9xUoJ [Tweet]. @HarrySpoelstra. https://twitter.com/HarrySpoelstra/status/1464261361370910721

News ·, P. P. · C. (2021, December 13). How neighbours and communities are divided over COVID-19 in this rural Alberta county | CBC News. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/northwest-alberta-has-lowest-vaccination-rate-in-province-1.6280652

Timothy Caulfield. (2021, December 14). @LuisSchang @joerogan The Great Conspiracy Theory Paradox! Https://t.co/sEPuwvXJKp [Tweet]. @CaulfieldTim. https://twitter.com/CaulfieldTim/status/1470818785867153408

Sam Coates Sky. (2021, December 16). For posterity this is what the Joy Morrissey now deleted tweet said: Https://t.co/IZHX2tZrGs [Tweet]. @SamCoatesSky. https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1471428868573732876

Boffey, D. (2021, December 15). Omicron likely to accelerate death toll in Europe, says health agency. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/15/omicron-covid-likely-accelerate-death-rate-europe-eu-health-agency

Covid: UK reports highest daily cases since the pandemic began. (2021, December 15). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59673150

Musicals, plays and pantos cancel shows after Covid-19 outbreaks. (2021, December 14). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59638954

Adam Bienkov. (2021, December 14). Conservative MP Desmond Swayne says the “carnage” on UK roads is “certainly killing more people than Covid at the moment”. For context there were just 1,460 deaths on British roads in the whole of 2020, compared to more than 4,000 deaths of people with Covid last month alone. Https://t.co/NVD6SxhTKB [Tweet]. @AdamBienkov. https://twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/1470783359064358929

NSW Health. (2021, November 28). OMICRON VARIANT CONFIRMED IN NSW CASES https://t.co/s0Z4hWYsSH [Tweet]. @NSWHealth. https://twitter.com/NSWHealth/status/1464837049291186180

McQuinn, C. (n.d.). Schools and childcare services to get up to €72m for ventilation. The Irish Times. Retrieved December 13, 2021, from https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/schools-and-childcare-services-to-get-up-to-72m-for-ventilation-1.4753597

shinydoc. (2021, December 12). I love how I, an actual GP...who was involved in the initial covid vaccination programme ...has to tune in at 8pm with the public to find out that apparently we are vaccinating the entire adult population with boosters by the end of the year [Tweet]. @irishayesha. https://twitter.com/irishayesha/status/1470123478221303810

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/06/google-silicon-valley-ai-timnit-gebru

“The day we’ve been planning for”: Gold Coast on COVID alert after six cases detected. (2021, December 9). ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-10/qld-coronavirus-covid-gold-coast-school-case-broadbeach/100687396

Diseases, T. L. I. (2021). Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants: Shooting the messenger. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00770-2

Critics of petition against COVID-19 measures say it is grounded in hyperbole and misinformation. (n.d.). Retrieved December 9, 2021, from https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general/critics-of-petition-against-covid-19-measures-say-it-is-grounded-in-hyperbole-and-misinformation/362441

Dave Keating. (2021, December 8). Boris Johnson’s continued pretence that UK is one of the most vaccinated countries in the world, repeated again in press conference just now announcing new restrictions, is getting tiresome. That has not been the case for many many months, despite 🇬🇧🇺🇸 vaccine hoarding early on. Https://t.co/tQt6aXGtNI [Tweet]. @DaveKeating. https://twitter.com/DaveKeating/status/1468655107436802052