BREAKING
— Hugo Gye (@HugoGye) September 13, 2021
All children aged 12-15 will be offered *one* dose of the Pfizer vaccine in the coming week after CMOs concluded that jabbing under-16s will stop disruption to education.
Story @theipaper: https://t.co/L2TUebmGBi
All 12 to 15-year-olds should be offered one dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, UK’s chief medical officers recommend https://t.co/upfG2IZTgs
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) September 13, 2021
Data behind CMOs backing of jabs for 12-15 shows how marginal it all is – even when benefit to school disruption counted. Between Oct and March vaccination likely to save 1 day of in-person teaching for every 20 kids 👇 https://t.co/SdE12IIl1r
— Nick Triggle (@NickTriggle) September 13, 2021
UK-wide booster jab plan expected on Tuesday https://t.co/z974Ioca6B
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) September 13, 2021
UK booster programme ‘counter-productive’, says head of Covax scheme https://t.co/tipLVg8ciZ
— The Independent (@Independent) September 13, 2021
Tuesday's Times: “Over-50s to receive booster jab for winter ” #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/7FuHsAa3Vz pic.twitter.com/ty8XnCUxxk
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) September 13, 2021
Most people don't need a coronavirus vaccine booster shot, according to a review by an international group of scientists. The Biden administration has proposed administering boosters eight months after the initial shots. https://t.co/ntliLGFcvl
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 13, 2021
No more national lockdowns as Boris Johnson rips up Covid rules. Government to announce new strategy reflecting success of jabs rollout, but ability to reimpose restrictions will stay on the statute books https://t.co/hDAkorQDbR
— King Arthur (@Antipolluters) September 13, 2021
According to the BBC radio news, Johnson is “putting the final touches to his future Covid strategy”. I suspect there’s rather more chance that he’s sleeping off a hangover.
— Keith Burge (@carryonkeith) September 13, 2021
Brexit Minister Lord Frost has said he is "concerned" by EU comments about the Northern Ireland Protocol.https://t.co/BjpXLAwXZm
— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) September 13, 2021
Love the way the news reports on Johnson ‘finalising his winter Covid strategy’ as if he’s some statesman deep in thought, concerned about public health… when he’s just a total arsehead who couldn’t give a toss and has screwed it up every single step of the way.
— sarah murphy (@13sarahmurphy) September 13, 2021
This is England.
— Super Tanskiii (@supertanskiii) September 12, 2021
Makes you proud doesn’t it? pic.twitter.com/f0hkiNQeFb
And…
The debut hearing for Prince Andrew on Virginia Giuffre's lawsuit has ended, and the judge showed little patience for the royal's service arguments.
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) September 13, 2021
Key quote:
“Let’s cut out all the technicalities and get to the substance.”
New @lawcrimenews https://t.co/cCRB4eWEIf
BREAKING: US judge tells Prince Andrew’s lawyers they’re making abuse case ‘more complicated’ than it needs to be https://t.co/PRyZkiccNc
— The Independent (@Independent) September 13, 2021
The first hearing on the sex abuse lawsuit brought against Prince Andrew by Virginia Giuffre, who says she was just 17 years old at the time, is being held in a New York court today. @KellyCobiella reports. pic.twitter.com/pLwqYfXMCi
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) September 13, 2021
But at least one Brit isn’t afraid of a US court…
She’ll be too wealthy to move in next to Farage. 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/ucrcee2L0Y
— MrProgressiveAlliance 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇺🌍 (@MrYesWeCan) September 13, 2021
Cameron, Farage, May, Johnson et al – you have turned us into a global laughing stock, not a global power. https://t.co/tiBSUFQxlx
— Bob Hudson (@Bob__Hudson) September 13, 2021
They've killed funding for the bridge to Northern Ireland, which as far as I can tell was largely the result of an accidentally viral tweet by @joncstone that got taken seriously by the prime minister. https://t.co/qNSQn0kvwe
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) September 13, 2021
Meanwhile…
A trade group representing some 2,000 consumer brands sent a letter to President Biden asking for clarification about his announcement last week that all companies with more than 100 employees will soon need to require vaccination or weekly testing. https://t.co/xiVXHMR408
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) September 13, 2021
A recent poll found Biden's new vaccine measures broadly popular despite GOP outcry https://t.co/9gqHKTLBWt pic.twitter.com/UDpJgeUm3B
— Forbes (@Forbes) September 13, 2021
The Delta variant is surging, and Joe Biden's inaction is helping his Big Pharma donors block the vaccine patent waivers that Biden himself promised. https://t.co/THpsfNIA2X
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) September 13, 2021
DESANTIS: "If a government agency in the state of Florida forces a vaccine as a condition of employment, that violates Florida law and you will face a $5,000 fine for every single violation." pic.twitter.com/hnBCplDMKO
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 13, 2021
At the Ron DeSantis press conference today, a guest claimed that the COVID vaccines change your RNA which is absolutely false.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) September 13, 2021
I'm putting this longer clip here so you can see that DeSantis did nothing to correct this misinformation, which is prevalent in he anti-vaxx movement. pic.twitter.com/Sqq7RbaHF2
Of course, they are. https://t.co/4FRSFGXnDT
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) September 13, 2021
The Overnight Note 