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Jonathan Breckon, Thematic Director, UCL

COVID pandemic: three years on and nobody wants to talk about it – here's why we should

Three years ago, Boris Johnson made a unique address to the British public. Sitting at a desk in Downing Street, hands firmly clasped and hair more kempt than usual, Johnson told the nation: “You must stay at home.”

The first lockdown had begun.

Today, nobody wants to talk about COVID. Focus has shifted to other permacrises, such as the soaring cost of living, the NHS meltdown and the war in Ukraine.

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