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Polymer memories
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/09/2025
» Re: "B50 and B100 banknotes switch to polymer", (BP, Aug 30).
Stop the apologists
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/07/2025
» Re: "One-sided suffering", (PostBag, July 28).
No Thatcher, is she
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/07/2025
» Re: "Wartime requires a prime minister with full authority, (InQuote, July 25).
Covid's lessons have now all been forgotten
Oped, Antara Haldar, Published on 03/01/2025
» In December 2019, as the world was looking ahead to a new year, a novel virus was quietly spreading in China. Soon, the Covid-19 pandemic would bring the world to a grinding halt, forcing billions of people into unprecedented lockdowns and shuttering economies worldwide. Five years on, we are still grappling with the effects of this "grey rhino": a high-probability risk that was nonetheless neglected or ignored.
Behind the wheel
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/11/2024
» Re: "Road safety can't wait", (Editorial, Nov 19).
Market disconnect
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/05/2024
» Re: "Thailand has escaped recession: economic body", (Business, May 21).
Stats don't add up
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/05/2024
» Re: "Astra jab blood clots 'rare' insists institute", (BP, May 4). One in 10 million in Thailand and one in 100,000 in the UK? How can the National Vaccine Institute possibly reconcile such a large sigma statistical anomaly and claim the risk of vaccine-induced blood clots is extremely rare in Thailand while it is criminally deadly in the UK? Worldwide, young people have been harmed and have died from blood clots -- a phenomenon that has never before been seen in these huge numbers.
The key to transforming a health crisis
Oped, Jayati Ghosh, Published on 25/04/2024
» Despite the relentless stream of bad news from around the world, there are still reasons for optimism. One notable example is the renewed push to localise pharmaceutical production in Africa, demonstrating how even catastrophic events like a pandemic can lead to positive, unforeseen outcomes.
How to save the pandemic treaty
Oped, Mariana Mazzucato, Published on 03/04/2024
» Recent drafts of a global pandemic treaty have been widely criticised as "shameful and unjust". When the latest round of negotiations opened on March 18, it was clear that a key lesson of the Covid-19 pandemic was being ignored: public health and the health of the economy are interdependent.
