Day: 25 March 2022

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.

UK Covid infections have climbed by a million in a week, ONS data suggest – but deaths remain below average for the time of year, and there are no calls for the return of restrictions.

This week, Zero Covid proponents like anthropologist Devi Sridhar have been out in force to try to save their legacy and regain control of the narrative. But they mustn't be allowed to rewrite history.

Children were subjected to all manner of unevidenced and harmful interventions during the pandemic, not least of which was frequent testing. We must now prioritise their recovery and ensure it never happens again.

The Government's big mistake with COVID-19 was throwing ethics out the window without a second thought, so no one reflected on whether it was justified so egregiously to trample on people's fundamental rights.

How can it be that the very people we were aiming to protect from COVID-19 became victims of our policies, swapping the risks of a respiratory infection for the realities of a miserable, isolated existence?

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.