Nurse Vanessa Arroyo receives a Covid-19 vaccine at Tampa General Hospital in Florida on December 14. Photo: TNS
Opinion
Opinion
Martin Williams
Coronavirus death toll and lingering effects show wisdom in science’s early warnings
As Covid-19 continues its rampage around the world, it seems wise to abandon meddling with viruses, and perhaps too late to heed other scientists’ warnings that doing so poses extraordinary risks to the public
Martin Williams is a Hong Kong-based writer specialising in conservation and the environment, with a PhD in physical chemistry from Cambridge University.