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How Covid left a legacy of distrust and conspiracies

Letters: Dr Aodhan Breathnach says the general overreach of the state during the pandemic led to mistrust, Desmond Hewitt considers evidence and irrationality, and Richard Bunning is concerned by the poison on social media

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2025

American money and Premier League power: How Covid sparked football’s open conflict

FIVE YEARS ON: Five years on from the pandemic’s outbreak in the UK, Miguel Delaney speaks to executives inside English football who watched as Covid-19 changed the face of the beautiful game

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025

COVID amnesia puts US at risk

The pandemic has gone so far down the memory hole that it's like it never happened

Salon · Mar 12, 2025

Five years on from the Covid-19 pandemic, what legacy has the virus left?

11 March marks five years since the World Health Organization declared the spread of Covid-19 a pandemic. The virus caused 7 million deaths, according to the UN body.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 11, 2025

“This is what I learned to play during the pandemic for almost two years”: Amanda Seyfried just showed off her new-found dulcimer skills and proved that she’d be the perfect fit for Cameron Crowe’s Joni Mitchell biopic

An ‘impromptu’ performance of a Joni classic has got the internet talking

MusicRadar · Mar 11, 2025

It took a pandemic to get me into cycling, but you should get on your bike now

There’s no time like the present to head out on two wheels - the benefits are endless

Cycling Weekly · Mar 11, 2025

5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease – while CDC, NIH and WHO face threats to their ability to respond to a crisis

Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus, dubbed SARS-CoV-2, began as a “cluster of severe pneumonia cases of unknown cause” reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It had spread to 118,000 cases reported in…

The Conversation · Mar 11, 2025

End-of-life planning can be hampered by misconceptions − but the process is easier than you might think

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people unexpectedly needed critical care such as ventilators but were unable to communicate their end-of-life wishes to their loved ones.

The Conversation · Mar 11, 2025

Money saved our marriage from COVID

It was as if talking about money, and earning it, would act as a vaccine that endowed our family with immunity

Salon · Mar 11, 2025

Five years ago, the pandemic began. The world is poorly prepared for another one

In Europe ten people died from measles in 2024, and the US has had several major outbreaks. Bird flu has affected dairy herds in 17 US states from North Carolina to California and has just been reported in cats. So far, it is reluctant to spread among people, although people…

Newslaundry · Mar 11, 2025