As seen in The Spectator
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Having been a subject of dispute for the whole of the pandemic masks now became centre stage: As seen in The Spectator
The timing of the ending of lockdown depended crucially on the value of ‘ R ‘ (the reproductive rate of the virus) remaining below unity. This arithmetical concept which purported to capture and encapsulate all the known mathematical facts of the virus into a single number had been propelled by the ‘the science’ to celebrity status. As such it appeared centre stage ad nauseum in every daily broadcast: As seen in The Spectator.
New symptoms were discovered: in the beginning it all seemed so simple. The only officially recognised symptoms of coronavirus were a fever combined with a dry cough. But anecdotal evidence gleaned from many comments on social media led to the suspicion that a loss of sense of smell and taste were often experienced by Coronavirus sufferers: As seen in The Spectator
People became concerned about how the virus was spread. The population seem to become split between the apprehensive and those who just didn’t care. It was thought likely that some people were more infectious than others and the concept of the “super-spreader” i.e a person who infected a disproportionately large number of others became a subject of discussion: As seen in The Spectator