coronavirus
Rejoining the WHO will be Joe Biden’s first mistake as president
In emails obtained by the Associated Press, the World Health Organization reveals it has recorded 65 cases of coronavirus among…
Sorry Cuomo, we’re doing Thanksgiving
New York governor Andrew Cuomo took the last can of Who-hash by announcing a ban on both indoor and outdoor…
Sweden's rule of eight marks a change of strategy
Sweden has been pretty much the only country in the world to have responded to coronavirus using a voluntary system: advising,…
There's nothing wrong with profiting from a vaccine
A couple of shots to the arm and this will all be over. With today’s news from Moderna, last week’s…
The questions we must ask about the Covid vaccine
The Covid vaccine still has a long way to go
Will the vaccine revive Boris?
The first full week of the new national lockdown had the potential to be very difficult for Boris Johnson. Although…
It’s shameful how we have locked down our elderly
There’s a lot I don’t know about care home visits during this pandemic. I don’t know how straightforward it would…
Could ten million Covid tests a day get Britain back to normal?
Britain’s best hope isn’t a vaccine – it’s millions of daily tests
Portrait of the week: Vaccine hopes up, Zoom shares down and Biden calls Boris
Home Pfizer and BioNTech announced a vaccine against Covid-19 of 90 per cent efficacy from two injections three weeks apart.…
Biden’s NeverTrump transition
Former Vice President Joe Biden hasn’t yet been officially certified as the winner of the 2020 presidential election and the…
Pfizer U-turns at warp speed
Pfizer announced Monday that a coronavirus vaccine the company was working on had proven to be 90 percent effective at…
Will our churches ever reopen?
Will churches ever fully reopen?
The ethics of lockdown
Is the harm it causes justified?
Portrait of the week: England’s lockdown, America’s meltdown and houses fall down
Home The government imposed a lockdown on England to last until 2 December. On television, Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister,…
No one has made a clear and logical case for this lockdown
The benefit of having a lockdown announced some days in advance is the ability to savour what is about to…
Who came up with ‘lockdown’?
The start of lockdown The earliest known use of ‘lockdown’ in its current sense was in a 1973 story in…
Backsliding on a lockdown end-date has begun already
Will England’s lockdown end on 2 December? Even before this morning’s media round there was good reason to suspect it…
My Covid risk assessment
Classes of people at moderate risk from Covid-19. Addenda to current NHS guidelines. Those at risk from coronavirus now include…
The long winter – why Covid restrictions could last until April
The ‘worst-case scenario’ for Covid
Portrait of the week: Shopping bans in Wales, soft drinks in Scotland and stowaways at sea
Home Wales, entering a 17-day ‘firebreak’, closed most shops by law but then tried to stop supermarkets selling ‘non-essential’ items…
What will post-pandemic politics look like?
A few days ago, I came across a group of Tory MPs in a House of Commons corridor looking rather…
Will Spain’s nation of rogues comply with the curfew?
A few years ago, when I was in the queue to catch a plane, a Spanish lady caught me watching…
The Trump campaign is doomed
Freddy Gray is optimistic about President Trump’s political prospects. The polls showing that Trump is headed for the ropes are…
Covid or no Covid, social distancing could be here to stay
Throughout this year, the biggest worry for healthcare planners has been what happens if a second wave of Covid-19 coincides…
Why is the Republican party symbol an elephant and the Democratic symbol a donkey?
Political animals Why is the Republican party symbol an elephant and the Democratic symbol a donkey? Both go back to…
