In this round-up of the week, the final presidential debate takes place against the backdrop of highly partisan media reporting. The UK throws more areas into Covid lockdown and the data shows that the coronavirus doesn’t after all care about the colour of your skin.

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References 

Office for National Statistics data on Covid deaths versus influenza 

Ethnic minority Covid risk 'not explained by racism' 

NY Covid mortality study 

SAGE rejects the Great Barrington Declaration (paywall)

Kemi Badenoch, speech on critical race theory