‘The “pingdemic” is nothing more than a distraction to divert from the real, underlying issues: the government’s failure to address spiralling infections, and its pursuit of policies that exacerbate this problem.’ Professor Stephen Reicher writes in the Guardian. Read the full article here

“One might hope that the politicians who presided over the situation would show some curiosity about what went wrong. After all, the pandemic is not yet over.” Martin McKee writes in the BMJ. Read full article here

How many people need to have immunity before the virus will start to die out? Dr Kit Yates writes about herd immunity in the BMJ. Read the article here

Locking down a week earlier in March 2020 would have meant entering lockdown with a quarter of the cases and could have saved tens of thousands of lives. As we face a ‘third wave’, Dr Kit Yates writes about the dangers of allowing exponential growth in the BMJ. Read full article here