Computer surveillance may hold the key to halting the spread of Coronavirus. For example, despite our own government’s abject failure, track-and-trace has been successful in many countries.   Steve Latham   However, following the law of unintended consequences, the use of technology to defeat Covid also demonstrates how the pandemic […]

As I write, today the very first people in Britain are being vaccinated for C0vid-19. It’s an exciting time. The tide is turning.   Steve Latham   But while politicians engage in mutual backslapping, we must remember there is still a long way to go. It reminds me of Winston […]

Sometimes, after I take a nap, I wake up, and wonder where I am, and what’s happening. It takes a few moments for memory to kick in.   Steve Latham   I feel like that with Covid. I blurrily try to work out what’s going on now, as the scene […]

I recently received an email from my Editor at The Prisma, expressing surprise that I have been able to write so many times about Covid-19 during 2020, without being “boring”!   Steve Latham   I’m not sure if it was a compliment, or just a comment. But, like many people, […]