Mental health has become a concern as we face the Coronavirus: including fearful anxiety, anger in supermarkets, and the effects of social isolation. Steve Latham Among health workers, and other essential services, however, stress, rather than inactivity, will be the major psychological problem. But we should also consider […]
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The great disconnect
Warren Buffet, the US investment guru, has apparently withdrawn all his investments in airlines. In addition, Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic is removing all its flights from Gatwick Airport. Steve Latham What does this portend for the future of air-travel? While it may be good for climate change, in […]
Tools of salvation: instruments of surveillance
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 […]
Periodisation and Covid-history
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 […]
Facing the future with the new “Big-C”
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 […]
















