The news that the London Excel Conference Centre is to be converted into a 4,000-bed field hospital, led by the military, for patients with covid-19 has been in the headlines […]
Year: 2020
Covid-19: I’m torn between going home, and helping the NHS
“Hi, I’m Penny, one of the medical students” I say openly. “No, it has to be—Hello, my name is Penelope Sucharitkul, third year medical student.” I’d been practising it wrong […]
Prevent, detect, respond: How community health workers can help in the fight against covid-19
S Olasford Wiah, Marion Subah, Brittney Varpilah, Ami Waters, John Ly, Madeleine Ballard, Matt Price, and Raj Panjabi explore how community health workers can be part of the effective response […]
Doctors have a moral duty to ensure that covid-19 testing is rolled out progressively
Many healthcare workers will have breathed a sigh of relief on hearing that rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for covid-19 will soon be available. To date, nearly 100,000 people have been […]
Protecting wildlife—a lesson from the covid-2019 outbreak that should not be overlooked
Discussion around the covid-2019 outbreak has focused on city lockdowns and how best to control the virus.1-3 But we should not ignore the protection of wild animals and their part […]
Steven van de Vijver: Europe is ducking its responsibilities to the refugees on Lesbos
You might think that the covid-19 pandemic racing across the world underlines the vulnerability of our shared existence. We can all see and feel how nerve-wracking and threatening is the […]
Looking after doctors’ mental wellbeing during the covid-19 pandemic
Kevin Teoh and Gail Kinman share ways that doctors can look after themselves during the covid-19 pandemic While organisational and systems factors are major contributors to poor mental wellbeing, individual […]
David Hunter: Covid-19—it is vital we put this crisis to good use
In every crisis lies an opportunity. Covid-19 is no exception. Of course any gains from falling air pollution levels in Beijing and London, a renewed desire to reconnect with and […]
Abraar Karan: Covid-19—on trust, experts, and the brilliance of everyday people
Abraar Karan considers the nature of expertise during a pandemic and argues that the notion of “the expert” is largely misplaced […]
Stephen L Roberts: Covid-19 and the crisis of international politics
Covid-19 is a global pandemic. It is also a diagnostic for understanding and evaluating the ongoing crisis of international politics. From the initial emergence of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, […]