No more lies ... just good old obfuscation

Jargonbuster

The World Today
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It has been a bumper year for obfuscation, but it ends on a hopeful note. The special language of coronavirus that has spread like an epidemic around the English-speaking world is likely to be driven back now, like the disease itself, by the vaccines. The jargon of bubbles, tiers and R rates may soon be receding.

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