Categories for Lockdowns and Restrictions

If I Can Survive Four Days in a Corona Cauldron, Maybe Everyone Should Get Back to Work

by Nicholas Booth You really ought to go back to work, you know. The rewards massively outweigh the risks –...

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The Precarious Influence of Influenza

by Guy de la Bédoyère Peter Openshaw, Professor of Experimental Medicine at Imperial College, popped up on Andrew Marr this...

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How Have We Responded to Previous Pandemics?

As we tot up the unintended consequences of lockdowns across the world, it’s worth bearing in mind that the quarantining...

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The 1957-58 Asian Flu Pandemic: Why Did the U.K. Respond So Differently?

1. Culturing a Pandemic A useful place to start when trying to understand how societies respond to pandemics is Lowell...

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COVID-19 as a Workplace Hazard (Part 2)

The key plank of the government’s advice to employers on reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission in workplaces is social...

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Lockdown Land

by Guy de la Bédoyère Before we can undo Lockdown Land we must try to understand why it has proved...

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The Burden of Proof in the Irish High Court Case Should Not Have Fallen on the Applicant

by John William O’Sullivan On May 13th 2020, Mr Justice Charles Francis Meenan refused permission for John Waters and Gemma...

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How at Risk Are Your Children From Coronavirus?

by Christine Brett Christine Brett is a freelance market access consultant and holds a Master’s degree in Economic Evaluation of...

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COVID-19 as a Workplace Hazard (Part 1)

I’m an occupational health doctor. I run a small consultancy and my clients consist of local SMEs and some larger...

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The Left-Wing Case Against Lockdowns

by Alexis FitzGerald I consider myself to be left-wing on virtually every political topic: I am a socially-liberal social democrat...

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