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Omicron: no need to ‘freak out’ says Pfizer scientist


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The scientist behind the Pfizer jab has told the public not to ‘freak out’ over Omicron. Dr Ugur Sahin, the co-founder of BioNTech, stressed that it is likely vaccines will still provide protection against the variant. Women’s safety campaigners have launched a petition to bolster the UK Online Safety Bill. Seyi Akiwowo, CEO of Glitch - a UK charity that aims to end online abuse particularly for women and girls - tells us why more needs to be done. It comes as twitter announces it will remove images tweeted without consent. Elon Musk has made a controversial joke about whistleblowers whilst promoting Tesla’s new ‘Cyberwhistle’. The worst street in the UK for broadband is revealed and Twitch gets a new tool to detect people evading bans. Plus why the builders of Stonehenge had a bit of a sweet tooth and good news for iRobot Roomba owners… it now knows how to avoid your Christmas tree.

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