Carl Heneghan

Boris may be one of the few politicians to come out of the Covid inquiry with any credit

He was right that the scientists got many things wrong

Carl Heneghan 21 Nov 2023, 6:20pm

I warned that second lockdown data was wrong – but I was ignored

The data was there to support the policy – it didn’t matter if it was incorrect, so long as it supported the lockdown

Carl Heneghan 2 Mar 2023, 5:06pm
We are paying an enormous price for the bad science behind Covid lockdowns

Experts used early poor-quality studies to feed into the general mania that supported restrictions

Carl Heneghan 16 Nov 2022, 1:00pm
We're almost certainly overreacting to the omicron variant

Competent responses to new variants can hardly be expected when data are interpreted and acted on at lightning speed

Carl Heneghan 15 Dec 2021, 3:44pm

The Government's use of data is not just confusing – the errors are positively misleading

While the fog of a pandemic can justify or at least excuse some of these mistakes, nothing can justify the lack of transparency

Carl Heneghan 5 Nov 2020, 9:30pm
Covid cases in Manchester are not out of control. Let's leave Andy Burnham alone

If policy keeps intervening at the first sight of rising cases then we will never learn if any given intervention has worked

Carl Heneghan 17 Oct 2020, 7:00pm
There is no good evidence for a circuit-breaker lockdown

We urgently need to address the lack of credible research into which interventions work and which don't

Tom Jefferson 14 Oct 2020, 12:00pm
'Anyone with healthcare experience knows the return to schools leads to a rise in the common cold'

Underpinning the chaos is a fundamental misunderstanding of the effects of seasonal viral pathogens

Carl Heneghan 20 Sep 2020, 6:00am
Boris Johnson must bin the ‘rule of six’ and stop panicking

The Prime Minister has made one cautious, catastrophic error after another

Carl Heneghan 14 Sep 2020, 11:10am
We need a cholera-style investigation to fully understand spread of Covid-19

A more thorough understanding of how the disease is transmitted would help define approach to prevent further spread

Carl Heneghan 5 Jul 2020, 4:47pm

There is no scientific evidence to support the disastrous two-metre rule

Poor quality research is being used to justify a policy with enormous consequences for us all

Carl Heneghan 15 Jun 2020, 5:00pm
Don’t place too much faith in models predicting another coronavirus wave

The Spanish Flu is not directly comparable to Covid-19, so anyone worried about a “second wave” should focus on minimising risk factors

Tom Jefferson 16 May 2020, 7:00am