No snow
The pistes are covered with artificial snow and the hillsides are bare. Are the Winter Olympics a victim of climate change?
— Skiing events at the games are at Yanqing and Zhangjiakou, north-west of central Beijing. Both have arid climates where a remarkable proportion of rain falls in the summer. Yanqing averages just 10mm of rain between December and February, Zhangjiakou just 11mm. London averages 160mm in the same months. Temperatures in the Chinese resorts have been well below freezing this week. The real snow has not melted — it never fell in the first place.
Source: meteoblue.com
Jab done
What was your risk of dying of Covid, vaccinated or unvaccinated, between July and December last year? Units are deaths per 100,000 person-years and compared people who had received a second dose with those who have not had a first dose. Includes only deaths involving Covid-19.
After 2nd dose | Unvaccinated
18-39 | 2 | 12
40-49 | 8 | 63
50-59 | 21 | 205
60-69 | 64 | 500
70-79 | 180 | 1,009
80-89 | 510 | 2,468
90+ | 1,167 | 3,237
Source: ONS
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