Pity a public that has so many questions about Covid. Who should be believed? | Simon Jenkins

People need evidence if they are to accept more curbs on their liberties, but all we get are bland, unqualified statistics

British politics this week faces an intellectual crisis. It is one of whom to believe. With yet another wave of Covid at full throttle, the cabinet is reportedly split on whether to rely on its one “winner” from the pandemic, vaccination, or whether to return to mass lockdown. There is no disputing that the Omicron variant is highly infectious. There is bitter argument about ...