If there was ever a time when you need to listen to every single word, this might well be it. The government and mainstream media have been claiming and reporting that we passed the peak on the 8th April – take this compelling article by the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52361519. And yet over the weekend, the few […]
Background When a novel virus infects a population unhindered, it will spread exponentially, some will die, most will recover and develop immunity and as herd immunity increases, viral spread diminishes and the epidemic resolves. During its course, the consequences may be catastrophic, as in 1918. Thus, governments stepped in with population lockdown to reduce the […]
Just over a month ago – the 18th March 2020 to be precise – I got a call from my good friend and colleague, Rob Wray. As is almost always the case when we speak, we exchanged what would conventionally be called ‘pleasantries’, although Rob and I have been through enough together that these involved […]
Lots of people are asking these questions. Many people are struggling with lock-down. It is hurting us financially, physically and mentally. So it is only natural to ask the question “is it right?”. I want to set some expectations. The answer is, of course, we don’t know. Not yet anyway. But let me explain why […]
No self-respecting blog is complete without a slightly misinformed high literature reference; and this one’s no different! However, our wider mission is less about the scholarly symbolism (although with Marquez, I’m sure there is some), and more about the ‘misinformation’ bit. You’ll have heard that Covid-19 is changing our world as we know it. Into […]