If any advanced country has come close to "Zero COVID", it's Singapore. Despite recording only 36 deaths, the government has announced, "We can't eradicate" COVID-19, which will very likely "become endemic".
In 2016, there were 181,384 casualties on Britain’s roads, including 1,792 deaths. And emissions from road transport cause 4,900 early deaths every year. So should the Government prevent people from driving cars?
When asked about the exemption for football VIPs, a government source said, "It's important to be able to host international events". But why isn’t it important to be able to host weddings and concerts?
It’s now more than a year since the first lockdown began, and the Government still hasn’t published a cost-benefit analysis. The evidence we do have suggests the costs almost certainly outweighed the benefits.
During the pandemic, governments have relied heavily on epidemiological models. These models were often based on untenable assumptions. A new paper argues that we should have relied more on historical comparisons.
Some countries have seen infections rise during the summer, leading to doubts about COVID-19's seasonality. However, a new study confirms that transmission is influenced by temperature, humidity and UV radiation.
May's age-standardised mortality rate was the lowest on record for that month, and the second-lowest on record for any month. The overall mortality rate in the first five months of the year is now lower than in 2018.
According to The Education Endowment Foundation, research on the impact of school closures on students’ learning "shows a consistent pattern". Students have made "less academic progress" than in previous years.
Many countries have imposed night curfews in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19. How successful have these measures been? According to a recent study, they may have actually increased transmission.
A recent study found that keeping schools open had only a minor impact on the spread of COVID-19 in Sweden. The results suggest that "school closure is not an effective way to contain SARS-CoV-2".
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