Health

Lockdown sceptics are society’s gadflies

‘I can’t agree with Alistair Haimes that the arrival of vaccines should change how we feel about lockdowns’

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In defence of lockdown sceptics

Alistair Haimes is wrong – the facts against a third lockdown haven’t changed

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People with disabilities are bearing the brunt of Covid measures

The coronavirus response will disproportionately affect people with disabilities for years to come

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The new Covid-19 strain is a political disaster of our own making

By seeking answers to scientific questions no-one had asked, we find ourselves assigning importance to discoveries which may have none

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Boiling the bioethical frog

Have we passed the point of no return? The Covid Physician warns against crossing the bioethical Rubicon

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What can blood and stool tell us about the spread of Covid-19?

New scientific studies have captured a different, broader picture – not a selection of details in high-resolution that grab headlines

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The child trans judgement is a step in the right direction

The ruling that under 16s should be assumed unable to consent to puberty blockers means that this unregulated experiment may finally be drawing to a close

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Pop over to Tier 3, take a shufti, don’t come back

It will raise the whole tone of the pandemic

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A day in the life of the Covid Physician

Johnson, Whitty, Vallance, Hancock, and SAGE worry the Covid Physician far more than Covid-19 does

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Let’s open up debate about lockdowns

There’s no place in all of this for unsubstantiated claims or attempts to dismiss those who encourage the sensible consideration of alternatives

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