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Thanks, interesting, and now I know that I'm in the most numerous age group.

Really good article putting CV into perspective by two of the UK's leading social scientists. See: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/04/coronavirus-equal-society-britain-wellbeing-economic-growth Why coronavirus might just create a more equal society in Britain Since the...

This is an excellent demolition of behavioural economics -- or 'nudge' theory. It also exposes that, when the government insists that it is "being guided by the science", some of it is beyond suspect. I hope that we'll get a rapid and full public inquiry into CV19 and that the role of the nudge...

He features regularly on the Talking Politics podcast, and his command of the issues is quite something. Well worth listening to.

Adam Tooze is one of the world's leading scholars in International Political Economy. This is well worth reading for what comes once we're inching out the other side: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/27/economy-recover-coronavirus-debt-austerity Should we be scared of the...

There is an article written by the 'Bright Blue' commentator, Matthew D'Ancona, on the new online/slow journalism site, The Tortoise, which I don't want to pay to get access to. If anyone can post it on here, I'd be eternally grateful. I think the article is called '28 Days Later', or something...

I don't think you are FWIW. I've just come to associate your recent postings indicating that the number of those that have contracted CV is high. Of course, the number of cases is far higher than the number of confirmed cases, but we're all whistling in the dark as to just how many there have...

This one casts scepticism on both the extent of those that have (had) it (and therefore I recommend Mellotron has a look) and what herd immunity will look like: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/16/number-coronavirus-pandemic It's worth also reading Hanage's previous...

This is reflective, and has good historical scope, and is particularly pertinent on the day that Trump has suspended funding to the WHO (a body that receives less money than a typical New York hospital)...

This looks like a decent summary of the various ways out of this pandemic: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/08/how-will-the-coronavirus-crisis-end-lockdown-pandemic

It's a shame that Anthony Costello hasn't been given greater prominence and a more central role within our healthcare provision: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/01/public-inquiry-coronavirus-mass-testing-pandemic

Two more from Yuval Noah Harari here: https://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75?fbclid=IwAR2jLF-f8KjLitwCl2D1NCkZzVyjOlCkwznGiDtaH1tSZEu1MadeuSlmxJM https://time.com/5803225/yuval-noah-harari-coronavirus-humanity-leadership/

It might be worth having a dedicated place to circulate decent articles on CV, and the impact it will have on various parts of society. I'll start with this one from Mark Blyth: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/americas/2020-03-30/us-economy-uniquely-vulnerable-coronavirus