December 2020 Covid update

Latest commentary and research relating to the pandemic

• Reiko Kanazawa wrote an essay on 'Power Critiques in an Echo Chamber? Why Global AIDS Historiography Matters for COVID-19, and Vice Versa' 
• Julia Swallow co-wrote a paper with colleagues 'Cancer, Covid-19, and the need for critique'
• Ruby Reed-Berendt is working on a NIHR funded study aiming to explore if, how and why ethnicity impacts covid-19 outcomes in healthcare workers
• Martyn Pickersgill wrote a letter to the Guardian making the case for a high-profile social science lead to support the vaccine roll-out
• Ellen Stewart and Sonja Erikainen wrote an article about DIY coronavirus responses
• Martyn Pickersgill was a co-signatory to a letter to the Lancet  stating that 'The UK needs a sustainable strategy for COVID-19'
• Catherine Montgomery released the findings of the CLAP study looking at Caring, Learning and Pandemic response during COVID-19: NHS Staff Experience of Working in Critical Care
• Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra  was on the news discussing the ethical implications around vaccine allocation