Covid-19: A wake-up call

ABSTRACT

Few can doubt the size of the government's challenge or the good faith and expertise of its chief advisers. Yes, writes Ali Mehdi (doi10.1136/bmj.m1919), in the same way as did the planners of the welfare state during the second world war. After describing how covid-19 disproportionately affects the poorest people in our society, Adam Briggs and Harry Rutter say the pandemic can't become an excuse for worsening population health and widening inequalities (https//bit.ly/3e4PXnS).