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Our COVID-19 newsletter is out.

- To hug, or not to hug?
- Mental health costs of restrictions
- London protests, two weeks on
- Vaccine development
- You said we could go on holiday if we got the jab…

https://www.hartgroup.org/13-may-2021/

When huge crowds marched through London on Saturday 24 April, some celebrities and NHS staff were quick to take to Twitter to express their horror and contempt. But here we are, just over two weeks on, and there’s still no increase in cases.

Read more: https://www.hartgroup.org/london-lockdown-protest-two-weeks-on/

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we take a look at the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the mental wellbeing of the nation.

https://www.hartgroup.org/mental-health-coronavirus/

HART member Dr Gary Sidley’s petition has now received over 65,000 signatures. The Government’s initial response, is both misleading and confusing.

Read more: hartgroup.org/mask-mandate-petition/

The science around closed borders and the appearance of variants is flawed and is seemingly being used as a way to continue to restrict people’s freedom of movement.

Read more: https://www.hartgroup.org/holiday-jab/

This week, Boris Johnson stated that hugging friends and relatives will be ‘allowed’ as long as people use their common sense.

Read more: hartgroup.org/to-hug-or-not-to-hug

An update on "Covid certification" and vaccine safety issues.

Read more: hartgroup.org/vaccine-developments

HART member Dr Ros Jones has launched a new petition today to ask the government to wait for long-term safety data before considering vaccinating children.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/586017

A letter from over 40 medics & scientists, organised by HART member Dr Ros Jones, has been sent to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) warning of the dangers of vaccines which are “rushed to market”.

Read more: telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/18/vaccine-roll-children-faces-backlash

HART member Dr Ros Jones’ new petition has gained more than 20,000 signatures in less than 48 hours. It calls for no COVID-19 vaccination of children until the Phase 3 safety trials are complete.

Sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/586017

Our COVID-19 newsletter is out.

- The ‘weaponisation’ of behavioural psychology
- Medics urge caution over child vaccination
- Protesters gather in London
- Is the peer-review system broken?
- Matt Hancock violates patient confidentiality

Read more: hartgroup.org/category/covid-19-bulletin

One anonymous government advisor said, ‘The way we have used fear is dystopian … The use of fear has definitely been ethically questionable. It’s been like a weird experiment. Ultimately, it backfired because people became too scared’.

Read more: hartgroup.org/behavioural-psychology

Over 40 medical professionals, including several members of HART, have expressed their “grave concern” over proposals to roll out COVID-19 vaccines to school children.

Read more: hartgroup.org/caution-child-vaccination

Several examples over the last 15 months have highlighted that peer-review may not be the guarantee of accuracy and quality that it should be.

Read more: hartgroup.org/peer-review-broken

Concerns about Bolton appear unfounded. Pockets of infection will continue to be seen, as with all endemic viruses. Overall, COVID-19 is at low levels with cases and deaths at summer lows and total deaths well below normal.

Read more: hartgroup.org/indian-variant-over-hyped

"You can imagine how alarmed I was this week when Dr Ros Jones, a veteran consultant paediatrician, told me she believes that students in secondary school could be jabbed as early as the end of the summer term..."

Read more: telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2021/05/25/children-covid-19-ethical-minefield

With numbers of patients in Bolton as small as they are, people will likely know who these individuals are. Matt Hancock has completely ignored the NHS's own guidance on protecting patient confidentiality.

Read more: hartgroup.org/matt-hancock-violates-patient-confidentiality

Our COVID-19 newsletter is out.
- Is the UK’s ‘Yellow Card’ system fit for purpose?
- Mask mandates must be lifted
- Vaccination round-up
- COVID-19 educational materials in schools

Read more: hartgroup.org/category/covid-19-bulletin

There is currently no threat of any hospitals being overwhelmed and absolute case numbers are still very small, in spite of the use of emotive language in media reports.

Read more: hartgroup.org/indian-variant-concerns-unfounded