In this CG conversation, Daniel Hadas talks to Caitjan Gainty about how the history of medicine and healthcare can illuminate our attempts to analyse and understand the Covid response. Set in the UK but branching out globally, the conversation winds through some of the thorniest of Covid era issues. Vaccines and vaccine mandates, for example, look quite different when set against the problematic and checkered history of global vaccination campaigns. And so do the logics of lockdown and the...

Dr Reginald Oduor, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Nairobi, discusses Kenya's experience of lockdowns and vaccine mandates with Collateral Global SAB member Toby Green of King's College, London. The impact of the lockdowns on civil rights, the poor, education, and health are discussed -- and also the impacts that this might have into the future, as ethical and political issues mount up. There is a big focus also on the question of how to foster debate in an environment of...

The Covid-19 pandemic was often described as an ‘unprecedented’ disaster, which required wholly new ways of thinking about, and managing, social life. But what was different about this pandemic to those that have afflicted societies over time? Sociologists have long been interested in pandemics, because they disrupt the existing social order and throw existing problems and tensions into sharp relief. Yet there seemed to be relatively little critical discussion about the historical and...

In this podcast, actor and singer Clifton Duncan discusses the impacts of the Covid restrictions on the world of theatre with CG Scientific Advisory Board member Professor Toby Green. The impacts of Covid restrictions on performers have been devastating, with a strong class dimension. Clifton and Toby discuss the new dimension of the theatre world, segregation of venues, and the consequences for the future of the performing arts, with a special focus on New York. Originally released March 2022

Listen to this engaging conversation between two of the most eminent scientists, Professor Bhattacharya and Ioannidis as they look back on the past two years. Their discussion includes the early seroprevalence studies, Infection Fatality Rates (IFR), precision shielding, the collateral damages caused by lockdowns, and how we can begin to rebuild faith in public health. Original release March 2022

Collateral Global's Toby Green speaks with Dr Daniel Briggs - a criminologist from Universidad Europea in Madrid, Spain - about flaws in initial COVID-19 risk assessment, the absence of context to inform decision-making, the rush to lockdowns, and the devastating social ramifications of those choices. Original release 2021

CG’s Professor Toby Green hosts an enlightening discussion with Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, Head of History and Political Science at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. Topics discussed include: - The impact of lockdown on the informal economy: "Preventing movement is simply taking away the lifeblood of virtually the entire country's economy." - The West's misunderstanding of the importance of COVID vaccines in Ghana: "It's like dropping a sugar cube in the ocean. It...

Originally released in 2021 An enlightening conversation between Professor of Psychology, Ellen Townsend and Professor Carl Heneghan of Oxford’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine regarding CG’s latest report on the impact of pandemic restrictions on childhood mental health. Ellen and Carl discuss: * What systematic reviews are and why the evidence they produce is so valuable * Why adults have an obligation to deescalate fear in children * How pandemic policy responses violate Article 3 of...