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Covid-19 vaccines may not prevent people from getting severely sick or dying, it was claimed today. Trials of hundreds of thousands of volunteers are investigating whether experimental Covid-19 jabs stop a person from picking up the infection. But Professor Peter Doshi, the associate editor of the British Medical Journal, points out scientists are not waiting to see whether volunteers are protected from severe disease or death if they do catch it — which would only be the case if the vaccine didn't work very well — before they are rolled out.  This is a particular concern for the elderly, who are the most at risk of severe Covid-19 outcomes, because the vaccine may not be as effective at protecting them from catching the coronavirus in the first place. Vaccines typically do work as well  for those over the age of 60 because they have an aged immune system.   Professor Doshi, of the University of Maryland, also revealed that the studies will not prove transmission between people can

The crippling impact of coronavirus on the public finances was laid bare today after new figures showed the government borrowed more than £208billion over six months. Another £36.1billion was borrowed in September - the third-highest month on record and compared to just £7billion a year ago - as tax revenues slumped and the Treasury poured out bailout money. It means that since April £208.5billion has been added to the UK's debt pile - nearly four times as much as in the whole of last year.  It works out at around £1.14billion per day.  National debt hit £2.06trillion at the end of last month, equivalent to 103.5 per cent of the size of the whole economy. The ratio has not been worse since 1960, according to the Office for National Statistics. The eye-watering figures will raise fresh concerns about a grim reckoning of tax rises and austerity when the government has to borrow the books. There have been predictions that the situation will get even tougher as millions face unemployme

The pose may look familiar, but what these Oxford University freshers hope to convey is a message far removed from the decadence and privilege of the students in the original. Ten black first-year undergraduates have recreated the infamous Bullingdon Club photo featuring a young Boris Johnson and David Cameron in a bid to inspire others from tough backgrounds to strive for success. The student who set up what he called the 'parody' photo, who is sitting on the steps on the right in the equivalent of Mr Johnson's spot in the 1987 shot, said he hopes people will 'take away an overall positive' from seeing them 'empower themselves'. The reshoot: Black Oxford students reproduce the pose adopted by Bullingdon Club members in 1987 In a post on business networking website Linkedin, he also wrote: 'As a working-class black man from south-east London there have been certain structural economic and social pressures unjustly perpetuated upon me by the establishment

Daniel Andrews has sent shops and pubs in Melbourne a list of proposed rules to follow when they finally re-open after 15 weeks of lockdown. The premier sent a document containing the proposals to small businesses on Wednesday as he prepares to relax restrictions next week. It states that companies must stop employees working at multiple locations and  stagger shifts to limit staff mingling.  Daniel Andrews (pictured on Wednesday) has sent shops and pubs in Melbourne a list of proposed rules to follow when they finally re-open after 15 weeks of lockdown The Victorian government has removed the need for pubs and restaurants to get planning permits to put tables on footpaths and roads once they're allowed to re-open next week. Pictured: A computer-generated image shows a proposal in Melbourne The document, leaked from small businesses to the Herald Sun newspaper, also requires workers and customers to wear masks and observe social distancing. Under the plan, companies must also ask e

Donald Trump dumped a series of photos of CBS News host Lesley Stahl from their disastrous '60 Minutes' interview on Twitter Wednesday as his Chief of Staff Mark Meadows claimed the reporter is 'more like an opinion journalist.' Trump vowed Tuesday that he would post portions of the program before its airtime on Sunday to show the 'biased' nature of Stahl's interview, which the president abruptly ended after 45 minutes when faced with a tough line of questioning. Instead of posting any clips Wednesday, the president shared several pictures, including one showing Stahl looking at a very large book of what Trump says are his accomplishments and work regarding healthcare since taking office. But the internet was quick to point out that the page Stahl was looking at in the massive book was blank. 'It was a very large book of everything President Trump has signed – executive orders and legislation – to improve healthcare for Americans over the past three and

President Trump abruptly ended his 60 Minutes interview on Tuesday because he did not like the tough questions posed by CBS journalist Lesley Stahl, who quizzed him on his response to the coronavirus pandemic and questioned the size of his campaign rally crowds, according to a new report.  The president walked out of the sit-down just 45 minutes into the meeting, telling the network he believed he had given them enough material before accusing them of being biased towards Democratic rival Joe Biden. He then threatened to release footage of the encounter before its scheduled airtime on Sunday, aiming to expose the 'fake and biased' interview without further elaborating on what went wrong.  Sources told The Washington Post late Tuesday that Trump had actually cut the interview short because he was unhappy with Stahl's hardball approach and was worried the discussion would be edited to portray him in an unflattering light.  Stahl had reportedly prefaced the conversation by ask