Since the 19th century, debates about naming diseases have raised the question of who has expertise and authority: those who experience diseases or those who treat them.
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The glorification of the COVID vaccines follows a well-worn track in its presumption that the arrival of a vaccine heralds the pandemic’s end.
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This is not about how likeable or “sensible” the celebrity who urges us to do it is. It is about how much we can trust the various infrastructures and apparatuses that made that vaccine a reality in the first place
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We should be cautious about painting all those who are unsure about new medical technology and treatments with the same broad brush
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If there is a lesson to be learned from the blitz, it may be that there is nothing inherently contentious or un-British about covering our faces to counter contagion.
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Caitjan Gainty (King’s College London) explains what measures were put in place to recover from the Spanish flu and how the pandemic led to a rethink in the way cities and buildings were designed, and a focus on fresh air.
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Perhaps the less well-known story of inequality that COVID-19 has revealed, however, is the story of inequality within the NHS.
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