Tag: herd immunity

Total Results: 10


We no longer live in a virgin (Christmas) forest. Credit: Yawar Nazir/Getty
10/26/2021 - 1:03am

We can escape Christmas lockdown The Government has pinned its winter strategy on booster success

Tom Chivers

Tuesday, December 15

15.12

It’s not our job to protect the NHS In limiting our lives for the health service, we've set a bleak precedent

Timandra Harkness

Wednesday, October 14

14.10

Matt Hancock is wrong about herd immunity Confusion about the Covid-19 science is hampering debate — and costing lives

Sunetra Gupta

Thursday, June 4

04.06

Karl Friston: up to 80% not even susceptible to Covid-19 The influential professor's statistical observations could radically change how we lift lockdown

Freddie Sayers

Thursday, May 21

21.05

Sunetra Gupta: Covid-19 is on the way out The author of the Oxford model defends her view that the virus has passed through the UK's population

Freddie Sayers

Friday, May 8

08.05

Not every death is a tragedy We object to to the 'herd immunity' policy because we like to pretend everyone can live forever

Mary Harrington

08.05

Pity the lustful in lockdown Persistent thoughts of death lead to insistent thoughts of sex — just look at Neil Ferguson

Rowan Pelling

Tuesday, April 14

14.04

Don’t put too much faith in Covid-19 metrics Facts and figures are vital to fighting the pandemic, but they can also be hugely misleading

Tom Chivers

Tuesday, March 31

31.03

Don’t trust the psychologists on coronavirus Many of the responses to Covid-19 come from a deeply-flawed discipline

Stuart Ritchie

Tuesday, March 17

17.03

Why the Government changed tack on Covid-19 The sudden change in strategy regarding the pandemic is welcome — if dangerously overdue

Saloni Dattani