Last month, the UK had the highest Covid-19 death rate in the world with 113,000 deaths to date. It’s difficult to remember now, but back when the nation first locked down last March, experts warned that keeping the national death toll under 25,000 would be a good result. Editor Tom Clark is joined by science writer Philip Ball and columnist Gaby Hinsliff to discuss why the UK government got the virus so wrong—and what to expect now that the vaccine has been rolled out.

You can read our cover story, the unofficial Covid-19 inquiry, online here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/covid-19-the-unofficial-uk-inquiry-coronavirus-nhs

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