People older than 65 represent 18% of the population but 93% of those who have died from COVID-19 - it is especially older people who are dying "with" COVID-19

The office for National Statistics has provided a breakdown by age of who died "with" COVID-19 in week ending 2020-03-20, together with …

Prof Robert Dingwall: "...the assumptions used in modelling the pandemic may rest on very flimsy foundations in terms of scientific evidence. This work suggests that UK schools could, and should, begin to reopen as soon as practicable after the initial wave of cases has passed through."

"This is an important …

Events in Italy, where emotionally driven over-reactions to events have caused more additional deaths, may reflect a bigger global pattern, where reason has lost to hysteria.

Good article drawing upon Italian experience and explaining, among other things, how emotional overreaction to circumstances can be deadly.

"The decision to transfer patients …

Tom Jefferson, an epidemiologist and honorary research fellow at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford, said the findings were “very, very important.” He told The BMJ,

“The sample is small, and more data will become available. Also, it’s not clear exactly how these cases were …

Cath Kidston, the floral fashion brand, and Department store Debenhams is set to file for administration as the coronavirus shutdown pushes High Street retailers to breaking point.

The move will put nearly 950 jobs at risk at the company which is best-known for its brightly-coloured designs.

Debenhams, the department store …

Britain’s economy looks set for a slump that in the short term could be deeper than during the depression of the 1930s, as a survey showed the coronavirus crisis caused a record downturn among services and manufacturing firms in March.

Andrew Wishart, an economist at Capital Economics, said the …

Nearly one million people have applied for Universal Credit in just over two weeks - up from around 100,000 claims that are usually made in a fortnight.

Demand for the benefit has surged amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the nationwide lock-down forcing many people out of work or to reduce …

"Almost a fifth of all the UK's current support measures, it is feared.

According to accountancy group the Corporate Finance Network, the current coronavirus lock-down measures mean that 18 per cent of all SMEs will have to close within the next four weeks, putting around 4m people out of work …

In BBC article, University of Bristol researchers say if the economy declines on a par with what happened following the 2008 financial crash we should expect see a loss of three months of life on average across the population because of factors from declining living standards to poorer health care …

"Toby Young questions whether the drastic measures put in place now will harm us more in the future"

Toby Young approaches the question in a logical way. Read it and make up your own mind.

His article can be found in "The Critic"

Has the government overreacted to the Coronavirus …