During the current coronavirus lockdown there had been a dramatic reduction in road traffic and hence, presumably, a dramatic reduction in casualties from road traffic accidents – something that is highly desirable. Why did this have to wait for coronavirus? We could have instituted a national lockdown at any time in order to reduce road […]
We have just been treated to an address to the nation by Boris Johnston. He has been under pressure to move the country forward through this crisis and to give the people reassurance and hope. In this regard, he was justified in highlighting successes to date: the lockdown has protected the NHS; deaths have been […]
Lockdown will finish. That is a certainty. The dilemma perplexing the government is how to achieve this without unnecessarily killing people as a result. Here we look at some important facts which inform this process and provide clear guidelines on what individuals need to do to save themselves and others. Firstly, we should emphasise that […]
Our objective here is to try to make sense of the emerging information. Our intention is not to be perpetually critical but to create healthy discussion; to take a practical view and get to the facts. Our panel, our objectives and our contributors are mostly by design argumentative, constructively. If there is a better way, […]
On Sunday Prime Minister Johnson is expected to set out how restrictions will be eased in England. All indications are that it will be a very gradual process to keep the rate of transmission of the virus down. But some believe we do not need to be so draconian. Edinburgh University and a group of […]