How likely are you to catch Covid on a plane?
It is little surprise to see the International Air Transport Association (IATA) claiming that the risk of catching Covid-19 on a…
Quantifying the cost of lockdown
We have had plenty of anecdotes about people failing to be diagnosed with serious diseases during lockdown. This is thanks to…
Could we see Covid anti-virals before a vaccine?
In a strategy that now appears to be one of outright suppression, the government has put huge stock in the…
There is no Covid consensus
Today, 32 scientists, economists and other academics have written to the Prime Minister demanding a change in policy on Covid-19,…
Five questions for Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance
The chief medical officer, professor Chris Whitty, and chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, made a statement this morning on…
The growing evidence for T cell Covid immunity
Back in May I wroteabout a study by La Jolla Institute for Immunology, which raised the possibility that exposure to…
Rise in cases not (yet) affecting the over-70s
Perhaps the most reliable test of Covid-19 levels is carried out by the Office for National Statistics, which every week…
How Extinction Rebellion shot itself in the foot
It was easy to criticise Westminster for caving into Extinction Rebellion’s demands for a ‘citizen’s assembly’ on climate change when…
What David Attenborough's 'Extinction: The Facts' didn't tell you
It was only a matter of time before Covid-19 got swept up into the wider narrative of humans facing impending…
Government jobs don’t have to be in the capital
Home-working shows how many government jobs can be moved out of London
Europe's 'second wave' has fizzled out
Has the Covid ‘second wave’ already run out of steam? On 9 July, just when Britain was reopening the hospitality…
We may be closer to herd immunity than previously thought
Are we a lot closer to achieving herd immunity with Covid-19 than has been made out? It is a question…
What is behind the increase of non-Covid related deaths?
The latest data on weekly deaths in England and Wales, published today by the Office of National Statistics, show what…
Most lockdown pupils are ‘three months behind’
As schools return to full in-person teaching, a survey reveals just how far behind pupils are in their education. The…
Children who died of Covid-19 were already seriously ill, new study shows
It has been clear from the start of the Covid-19 crisis – from Wuhan’s experience, before cases were confirmed in…
An off-the-shelf insect repellent could help kill Covid-19
Should we be spraying surfaces, and ourselves, with an off-the-shelf mosquito repellent to tackle the spread of Covid-19? The Ministry…
Has this Brazilian city reached herd immunity without lockdown?
Throughout the Covid crisis, the international response to the disease has rested on a simple assumption: that none of us…
What percent of Covid deaths were directly from Covid?
Just how many people have died of Covid-19, as opposed to having died with the virus? It is a poignant…
Could blood plasma be used to treat Covid-19?
What are we to make of the decision by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to grant emergency use…
University challenge: the next education crisis
Many institutions face the fight of their lives
Is this the end of the line for public transport?
News that rail fares are to rise by 1.6 per cent in January, and public transport fares in London by…
Why weren't we wearing masks at the start of the crisis?
The rise of the face mask has been one of the remarkable features of the later period of the Covid-19…
Was Sweden’s refusal to lockdown a gruesome mistake?
Was there ever a jury destined to spend so long over its deliberations as the one considering whether Sweden made…
What's the true cost of lockdown on our kids' futures?
We’ve heard endless statistics on the likely death toll from Covid-19, and over the past week we have learned just…
Britain: summer flu is now more deadly than Covid
Britain is, of course, in the middle of a deadly pandemic of a novel infectious disease. It’s just that it…
