Covid-19
Total 378 Posts
Do cricket balls really spread coronavirus?
5 min read
Boris Johnson has called cricket balls a ‘natural vector of disease’, but how would we find the evidence to know if he is correct?
Why the press is right to be suspicious of the UK government’s new lobby arrangements.
4 min read
The government’s decision to televise daily briefings from Downing Street may not be as much of a commitment to transparency as it is claimed to be.
Summer statement: Rishi Sunak goes all out for jobs, leaving public finances for another day.
5 min read
Boris Johnson says he wants to get on top of the UK’s productivity problem, but the job measures in the summer statement could take the country in the opposite direction.
Coronavirus – What’s the worst that can happen?
6 min read
A brilliant and heartbreaking thread by GP Katie Bramall-Stainer on the truth about the government’s disastrous handling of the coronavirus crisis from a frontline point of view. The government has shown an appalling lack of preparation and a poor management of Covid-19 from the start.
Coronavirus anti-vaxxers: One in six British people would refuse a vaccine.
4 min read
Research on conspiracy theories can help people become receptive to health. Work needs to happen now to counter related anti-vaccine narratives.
School days, school days... or not?
5 min read
The U.S. President yesterday said the schools “must open.” While President Trump may believe that he is far more expert than the experts, he isn’t. Nor is he supposed to be.
Local lockdowns could lead to civil disorder.
3 min read
Local lockdowns in Italy and Germany have led to civil unrest. Could the same happen in the UK?