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A Fatal Reckoning: UK reaches 100,000 deaths from COVID-19
26 January 2021
, With 3 per cent of worldwide Coronavirus, fatalities Byline Times Chief Medical Officer, John Ashton, marks Britain's worst public health catastrophe for over a century

Will an Unholy Alliance of Anti-Vaxxers and Government Incompetence Grab Defeat from the Jaws of Victory?
15 January 2021
, Byline Times’ Chief Medical Officer, Dr John Ashton, considers the continuing challenges ahead in the Coronavirus pandemic – despite the development of a vaccine

Journal of the Plague Year: And What to Expect in 2021
22 December 2020
, Byline Times’ chief medical officer, Professor John Ashton, looks back on the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and warns that –without radical change – next year will be even bleaker

Science and Common Sense in Bahrain and Britain
1 December 2020
, John Ashton compares the responses of the two nations to COVID-19, explaining why quick, decisive action is essential in a pandemic

Truth was the First Casualty of the Pandemic
3 November 2020
, Byline Times’ chief medical officer John Ashton looks at the tragic consequences of a lack of transparency – the first rule of public health

COVID-19 and the Second Harrying of The North
16 October 2020
, Byline Times' chief medical officer, John Ashton, looks at how the Government has lost popular support for its unequal tier system

Did the Right Experts Advise Boris Johnson on how to Tackle COVID-19?
13 October 2020
, Byline Times’ chief medical officer John Ashton looks at how England has been on the back foot in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic since the first cases were recorded at the end of January

The Cost of Boris Johnson’s COVID-19 ‘Business As Usual’
8 July 2020
, Byline Times’ chief medical officer, Dr John Ashton, looks at the lost opportunity to create a ‘new normal’ that would result in a real redefining of our public realm

Mad Rush Towards a Second Wave
30 June 2020
, Byline Times’ chief medical officer Dr John Ashton considers why and how the Government is so keen to return to ‘business as usual’

As with Air Travel, Take-Off and Landing are the Most Dangerous Parts of a Pandemic
23 June 2020
, Byline Times’ chief medical officer, Dr John Ashton, explores the Government's failings in entering lockdown and now leaving it

The Hidden Scandal of COVID-19 in Our Prisons
17 June 2020
, Dr John Ashton, explores the Government's failure to protect those living and working in environments which are hotbeds for the Coronavirus

Quarantining Travellers Is Too Much Too Late
9 June 2020
, Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, warns that the Government must get back on track with its evidence base and messaging around the pandemic if it is to be prepared for a second wave.

Blinding Science: Boris Johnson is Unravelling a 200-year-old Tradition of Public Health
1 June 2020
, Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, argues that the Prime Minister's handling of the Dominic Cummings scandal is a tipping point in the politics of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 Crisis is a Chance to Reinvent Education for the 21st Century
26 May 2020
, Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, argues that we must not miss the opportunity to modernise education in the UK and, at the same time, tackle social injustices following the Coronavirus pandemic.

Independent SAGE – A Beveridge Report for Britain’s COVID-19 Public Health Disaster
18 May 2020
, Byline Times' CMO, former director of public health John Ashton, praises the recommendations of the independent report convened by Sir David King

The Coronavirus Crisis: The ‘Little England’ App Can Be No Replacement for COVID-19 Testing
7 May 2020
, Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, provides his regular update on the UK's Government's Coronavirus response and the need for real local testing and tracing.

The Coronavirus Crisis: The Centralising Failure of Public Health England
29 April 2020
, Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, explores how the 2013 NHS reforms led to the shrinking and withering of our local and regional public health system.

The Coronavirus Crisis: Who is the Government Trying to Fool – Us or Itself?
23 April 2020
, Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, explores how the Government has communicated with the public during the COVID-19 outbreak and why the true scale of the crisis is being hidden.

The Coronavirus Crisis: ‘Putting Your Hands Up and Admitting When You Have Got It Wrong is the Only Way to Get It Right’
20 April 2020
, Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, provides his take on where the web of deceit being spun at the very heart of Government is going to lead us all.

The Coronavirus Crisis: The UK Was Not in a Healthy State Before this Pandemic Descended
14 April 2020
, Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, gives his take on how the next decisions can be made on the UK's lockdown, the lack of press scrutiny and why the Government's 'goal' of keeping deaths to 20,000 may be affecting their reporting

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