September 2020 media coverage
BBC News. Why is there, according to research, a substantial proportion of people who are quite prepared to just ignore the rules. Professor Lucy Yardley.
30 September 2020
Sky News. Latest measures and statistics in the fight against coronavirus. Professor Lucy Yardley.
30 September 2020
Channel 5 News. What we need to do about COVID-19 comes down to two things. Professor Gabriel Scally.
30 September 2020
BBC Radio 4 Today programme [listen at 1:37:00 in]. Are people following the COVID guidance? Professor Lucy Yardley.
30 September 2020
The Telegraph. Boris Johnson says 'we won't throw in the sponge' amid 'clear local peaks'. Professor Lucy Yardley.
29 September 2020
Bristol Live. Bristol professor adds to doubts about 10pm pub curfew. Professor Gabriel Scally.
29 September 2020
BBC Radio 4 Today programme [listen at 1:17:48 in], BBC Radio Bristol Breakfast. Covid-19 tests that give results in minutes to be rolled out across world. Professor Adam Finn.
29 September 2020
The Times. Middle-class trips and social events pushing up cases. Dr Daniel Lawson.
29 September 2020
BBC2 Newsnight [watch at 05:10 in]. Who should decide our COVID restrictions, the Goverment, Parliament or scientists? Professor Gabriel Scally.
28 September 2020
The Independent, Metro. Infection rates are rising 'primarily' in affluent areas. Dr Daniel Lawson.
28 September 2020
Daily Telegraph. Singing and dancing now illegal in pubs, with landlords facing £10,000 fines. Professor Jonathan Reid.
28 September 2020
New Scientist. Covid-19 news: Travel abroad linked to positive test rate in England. Dr Daniel Lawson.
28 September 2020
The Telegraph. Covid-19 tests: What you need to know about booking and waiting for results.
28 September 2020
Bristol Live. Anti-maskers spray 'disturbing' graffiti on pavements at Bristol park. Professor Stephan Lewandowsky.
28 September 2020
Sky News. NHS test and trace app. Professor Gabriel Scally.
28 September 2020
Belfast Telegraph. Students 'need clarity' over staying on campus. Professor Gabriel Scally.
28 September 2020
The Herald. A third wave of Covid is 'entirely possible'.
28 September 2020
BBC Radio 5 Live Stephen Nolan programme [listen at 20:32 in]. Vaccine or not. WHO suggest 1 million more deaths from COVID. Professor Gabriel Scally.
26 September 2020
Arab News. UK scientists to test extent of airborne COVID-19 transmission. Professor Jonathan Reid.
26 September 2020
BBC News Reality Check. Coronavirus infection: Is there a North-South divide in England? Professor Richard Harris.
25 September 2020
Daily Mail. Are London's Covid-19 hotspots linked by the underground? Dr Saffron Karlsen.
25 September 2020
The Guardian. UK scientists begin study of how long Covid can survive in the air. Professor Jonathan Reid and Dr Allen Haddrell.
25 September 2020
New Scientist. Covid-19 news: Infection rate in England rises to one in 500 people. Dr Daniel Lawson.
24 September 2020
Spectator Australia. Could we see Covid anti-virals before a vaccine? Professors Imre Berger and Christiane Schaffitzel.
24 September 2020
New York Times Post, MSN News, Daily Express. Boris Johnson admits coronavirus outbreak could be doubling every 20 days. Dr Daniel Lawson.
23 September 2020
Metro. People are 'far less likely' to follow lockdown rules a second time. Dr Nilu Ahmed.
23 September 2020
Racounteur. Can "citizen scientists" help change medicine forever? Professor Nic Timpson.
22 September 2020
The Naked Scientists. Coronavirus: any science behind rule of six? Professor Gabriel Scally.
22 September 2020
HuffPost. Will a curfew work? Here's what scientists think. Dr Nilu Ahmed.
22 September 2020
i News, Irish Mirror, Evening Standard, MailOnline, BristolLive, BBC Points West evening news [watch at 12.20 in], Forbes, Fortune, The Spectator, Daily Express, Epigram, Daily Mirror. 'Druggable pocket' could be used to halt virus. Professors Imre Berger and Christiane Schaffitzel.
22 September 2020
BBC News online. Coronavirus: Schools given permission to sing again. Professor Jonathan Reid.
22 September 2020
New Scientist, Daily Telegraph, The Guardian. Can the UK avoid 50,000 Covid-19 cases a day? Dr Daniel Lawson.
21 September 2020
The Guardian Letters. Is Covid’s end closer than we think? Professor Moin Saleem.
18 September 2020
Vox. The new Covid-19 case surge in Europe, explained. Professor Oliver Johnson.
18 September 2020.
New Scientist. Covid-19: New cases in England up 167% since August. Dr Daniel Lawson.
18 September 2020
BBC Radio 4. Interview about increasing cases of Covid-19 in England. Professor Oliver Johnson.
17 September 2020
Yahoo! News. Coronavirus cases top 3,000 again amid fears true number could be higher. Dr Daniel Lawson.
17 September 2020
HuffPost, Yahoo! News. How Coronavirus curfews will work. Dr Nilu Ahmed.
17 September 2020
The Times. Coronavirus test delays: Half of infected people waiting at least three days for result. Professor Oliver Johnson.
17 September 2020
BBC Radio 5 Live Drive [listen from 2:15:52 - 2:20:36]. Are the public likely to follow the new Government rule of six? Dr Nilu Ahmed.
16 September
The Conversation. Will the UK’s sharia councils struggle to meet the challenge of Covid divorces? Fouzia Azzouz.
16 September 2020
Financial Times. UK universities see record admissions, despite the pandemic. Dr Erik Lithander.
15 September 2020
Newstalk. New COVID plan in Ireland announced. Professor Gabriel Scally.
15 September 2020
The Guardian. Working from home could be keeping Covid-19 at bay – for proof, look at London. Professor Richard Harris.
15 September 2020
Sky News. Breaching international law over Brexit 'will risk public confidence in COVID rules', PM warned. Professor Gabriel Scally.
14 September 2020
Bristol Post. Bristol professor on GMB calls for 'complete revamp' of coronavirus testing. Professor Gabriel Scally.
14 September 2020
The Observer. Nervous students return to Bristol University: ‘For the sake of my studies I need to’.
13 September 2020
BBC One Sunday Politics South West. The impact of COVID during autumn. Professor Gabriel Scally.
13 September 2020
TES. Breaking promises on campus reopening is the least bad option. Professor Richard Watermeyer.
13 September 2020
Wired. The big problem with Operation Moonshot? False positives. Dr Angela Raffle.
12 September 2020
Daily Mail, Le Figaro, Sky News Arabia, The Jakarta Post, La Nation, India Today, Bangkok Post, Pulse Nigeria. Infection lower in ICU staff than other healthcare workers. Professor Tim Cook.
11 September 2020
BBC Radio 4 Today [listen from 2:29:18 in]. Mass testing and Operation Moonshot. Professor Adam Finn.
11 September 2020
BBC Radio 4 Today programme [listen from 36:15 - 40:42], BBC Breakfast, Times Educational Supplement, BBC online news, BBC News [watch at 37:37 in], BBC News at Six [watch at 18:34 in], BBC Points West Evening News [watch at 07:46 in], Bristol Live, ITV News. Major study launched to map Covid infection in schools. Professor Caroline Relton.
11 September 2020
Daily Mirror. New coronavirus surge is very different to March - but we should still be very worried. Professor Jonathan Sterne.
10 September.
The Guardian, Daily Mail, Yahoo! News, Aol UK. NHS Test & Trace failing to reach nearly a third of contacts at risk of having coronavirus with record low 69% success rate last week. Dr Daniel Lawson.
10 September 2020
Daily Telegraph. Revealed: the 'fast' Covid saliva tests that could open up work, travel, sport and theatres.
10 September 2020
BBC News. Coronavirus: How to get a covid test.
10 September 2020
Daily Telegraph. Cambridge University to test students every week even if they show no symptoms. Emeritus Professor Hugh Pemberton.
9 September 2020
Good Morning Britain. Banning gatherings of more than six might help cap the spread of the virus but it won’t solve the big problems. Professor Gabriel Scally.
9 September 2020
The Independent. 'The UK is going along the same lines': France and Spain spark concern of second wave as Britain watches on. Professor Gabriel Scally.
9 September 2020
The Guardian. Covid risks making society more unequal than since early Victorian times. Professor Gabriel Scally.
9 September 2020
The Spectator. Are we really seeing a second European spike? Professor Oliver Johnson.
8 September 2020
Daily Mail. Ibuprofen does not increase risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, study finds as scientists say there is 'no reason' people with the virus shouldn't take the painkiller. Dr Rupert Payne.
8 September 2020
PoliticsHome.com. The Environment Secretary says another lockdown would be an "absolute last resort", despite a surge in Covid-19 cases. Professor Gabriel Scally.
7 September 2020
Raconteur. Are universities still fit for purpose? Professor Tansy Jessop.
7 September 2020
The Guardian, Independent. Coronavirus: fears UK government has lost control as Covid cases soar. Professor Gabriel Scally.
7 September 2020
The Observer. As other cities go into lockdown, why isn’t London having a second wave? Professor Richard Harris.
6 September 2020
Sky news. Labour joins calls for airport testing to minimise quarantine policy and help travel industry. Professor Gabriel Scally.
6 September 2020
Sky news. Bereavement during COVID-19. Dr Lucy Selman.
5 September 2020
The Observer, Evening Standard. Covid-19 'could be endemic in deprived parts of England'. Professor Gabriel Scally.
5 September 2020
The Guardian, Yahoo! News. How many people in England have COVID-19. Professor Oliver Johnson.
4 September 2020.
BBC Points West Evening News. Advice on helping children get used to being back at school. Dr Dan O'Hare.
3 September 2020.
CNN International, Channel 4 News, BBC World News, New Scientist, Sky News, BBC News, Financial Times. Analysis of seven trials finds corticosteroids reduce risk of death by 20 per cent in critically ill COVID-19 patients. Professor Jonathan Sterne.
2 September 2020.
BBC News Family & Education. Parents get advice for first-day nerves at school. Dr Dan O'Hare.
2 September 2020.
The Times Higher Education Supplement. Will Covid-19 change the scientific method long term? Professor Marcus Munafo.
1 September 2020.