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Rewriting Covid-19

As we try to make sense of the narratives and received wisdom of the first two years of the pandemic, we asked experts what we've got wrong and how to move forward

  • NHS slogan at Waterloo station

    From ‘herd immunity’ to today, Covid minimisers are still sabotaging our pandemic progress

    William Hanage
    Every time you hear someone say it’s time to ‘live with the virus’, remember that doesn’t mean doing nothing about it, says epidemiologist Dr William Hanage
  • A sign in front of UC Davis Medical Center.

    The ‘zero-Covid’ approach got bad press, but it worked – and it could work again

    Laura Spinney
  • Danny Altmann

    Why the UK can’t rely on boosters to get through each new wave of Covid

    Danny Altmann
  • Simon Jenkins

    Two years ago I said I was taking Covid ‘with a pinch of salt’ – perhaps I was wrong

    Simon Jenkins
    March 2020 was a nightmare month in the game of prediction. But I stand firm that some of my scepticism may be borne out, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
  • Thomas Hale

    We’ve found one factor that predicts which countries best survive Covid

    Thomas Hale
  • Devi Sridhar

    Why can’t some scientists just admit they were wrong about Covid?

    Devi Sridhar
  • Rachel Clarke

    The claim that the NHS ‘coped’ with Covid is not true - it’s drowning and damaged

    Rachel Clarke
  • ICU at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, in May 2020.

    False narratives about Covid left us with millions of deaths – will we challenge them now?

    Debora MacKenzie
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