Preliminary Topic List
- Has Covid-19 made our world more unequal, more unfair?
- What explains the differences in mortality rates between different ethnic groups?
- Has Covid-19 exacerbated inter-generational inequality? Have the young been “sacrificed” for the benefit of the elderly?
- Will the distribution of vaccines be “fair” – within the UK and across the globe – or will the wealthy and powerful benefit most?
- Has “fake news” been the winner? How has Covid-19 affected our news media? And will the effects be lasting?
- Have civil liberties been damaged? When does common good trump personal freedom? Is it at all acceptable to, for instance, ban us from seeing our families?
- Has Covid-19 changed the political landscape? Has it exacerbated political and socioeconomic divisions?
Panelists
Raghib Ali: MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
Sue Branford: Freelance British journalist, specialising in Latin America, particularly Brazil
Gordon Dougan: Cambridge Infectious Disease IRC, world authority on vaccines, genomics and the epidemiology of infectious diseases, Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College
John Naughton: Senior Research Fellow at Centre for Research in the Arts Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge and Director of the Press Fellowship Programme at Wolfson College
Lizzie Roberts: Reporter at The Daily Telegraph with an interest in health, social affairs and environmental stories.
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