Health

Covid: the moral dilemma

Geoff Kitney poses the question: Is the sacrifice of a loved one just an unfortunate price that has to be paid for the freedom of others? All things are relative, even death.  So, if you…

Can Scotland win the war against addiction?

Not if drugs policy remains the domain of the UK government in London where a hard-line Conservative Home Secretary is reluctant to devolve the power, writes Murray Ritchie. Scotland has the highest…


Vaccine nationalism: the dangerous next phase

The vaccine wars appear to be just skirmishes ahead of something much bigger – vaccines as weapons in a looming new Cold War, writes Geoff Kitney. Very early on, long before the…


Can America hold back the Covid-19 second wave?

A vaccine may save 10,000 lives in the United States by the spring, but the number of deaths has already surpassed 282,000 and continues to rise, writes John Egan. Approaching the end…


Test and trace may well matter, Mr Johnson

Does the efficacy of the test, trace and isolate programme matter in the control of coronavirus? Earlier this year, on March 16, advice on the subject from the World Health Organization was…


The two phases of the coronavirus

July 17 marked the 200th day of counting the number of infections and deaths arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, writes Dr John Egan. This count by the  European Centre for Disease Prevention and…



Covid-19: All for one and one for all

In the third of a Chief-Exec.com series on the coronavirus, Dr John Egan looks at the vital role of the epidemiologist – the men and women who investigate patterns and causes of…



Coronavirus throws a curveball

Peering into a crystal ball to glimpse how the emerging coronavirus crisis might unfold, bold decisions need to be made, with profound social and economic consequences. In the first of a series…