David Oliver: Covid-19 should increase our commitment to publicly funded and provided healthcare

The BBC reports that the UK has been hit hardest by covid-19 among the G7 nations.1 Over the 11 peak pandemic weeks it had the highest increases in deaths, deaths per 100 000 population, and excess deaths as a proportion of usual levels. This is not a set of league tables anyone should be proud to top. Mark Littlewood, director of the libertarian Institute for Economic Affairs,2 tweeted that…

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