Category: public health policy

• 9th Dec 2022

  Six covid myths debunked

  Almost three years into the pandemic, myths and misinformation remain widespread. Here, a virologist, Stephen Griffin, and a public health researcher, Simon Nicholas Williams, debunk some common misconceptions about COVID. This article was originally published in The Conversation on 29th November 2022 under a Creative Commons License. Myth 1: The virus is becoming milder There’s…
• 15th Nov 2022

  SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT TO MAKE CUTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTIONS IN TIME FOR WINTER

  

  Spending cuts to the Health and Social Care budget will reduce expenditure on vaccines, test and protect and PPE for health workers – our last remaining, albeit futile defences against Covid-19