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Image description: a Hawaiian newspaper with the headline “Mass vaccinations begin” As vaccination proceeds apace in the UK and amongst high-income countries around the world, there are growing concerns over vaccine inequity in a global context. Countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas have begun vaccination campaigns, delivering more than 175 million doses since December […]
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This year, Lent started on Wednesday 17th of February. There’s an obvious question to be asked, and it’s one whose tone has been all too commonplace since the start of the pandemic. How do we find room for the festival in this Covid-riddled world? The arrival of Lent will have left many of us at […]
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Image description: A woman in a yellow protective suit puts on a white face mask. “We have failed in our collective capacity”, reported a recent WHO panel, “to create a protective web of human security”. Whilst measuring the comparative effectiveness of every state and territory may be difficult, it is becoming more evident that the […]
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Image Description: a map of England and Wales, with their respective flags. Wales is separating from England. As a Welsh person currently stranded in England, I have grown a deep appreciation for my homeland and the way the Welsh government has approached the coronavirus pandemic. I miss mountains – how is England so relentlessly horizontal? […]
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All science is based on the premise of open debate and we must not shy away from the fact that vaccines are not immune to fault. To ignore such evidence is disingenuous and is in direct violation of the fundamental concepts of the rigorous scientific method. After extensive online research, OxYou’s team of certified search-engine […]
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This week, Elsie and Sonia combat your pandemic-related perils. That being said, we still don’t know how to properly snog with masks on. Please stop asking. Met a really nice girl just before we both went home for Xmas. We were going to go out before tier 4 hit. We message occasionally, but not very […]
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Oxfordshire – including the city of Oxford – will move into Tier 4 restrictions at 00:01 on Boxing Day. The county has been seeing an exponential rise in cases, which seems to be connected to the emergence of a new coronavirus strain in South East England. The changes were announced in a Downing Street press […]
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Image Description: An aerial view of Radcliffe Square The SU Council has voted in favour of a motion in supporting demands from students that the University should waive its residency requirements for the foreseeable future. However, the University stands by its stance that it will not lift residency requirements in Hilary term, citing “the educational […]
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Image description: Christmas market in Oxford at night – market stalls on Broad Street surrounded by crowds of people and Christmas lights. For me, Michaelmas term has always been a bit of a difficult term to get into. While it marks the start of an exciting new academic year with new and returning students joining […]
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It’s been more than half a year of getting used to life during a global pandemic – or rather, half a year of collective anxiety, socially distant loneliness, and spoiled plans. The hope offered by a summer of relaxed rules and good-mood weather seems to have been snatched away again by rising cases and the […]
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Image Description: A number of pots sculpted by Grayson Perry are exhibited in a gallery, with one in the foreground reading ‘This Artwork Will Regenerate the Local Economy’ It hardly needs to be said that the arts industry has been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Whilst many sectors, such as the hospitality industry, have been […]
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Image description: the storefront of Boots. Boots, the high street pharmacy, has announced that it will launch a private test providing results within twelve minutes by November to 50 stores across the UK. This is by far the fastest test result currently available and significantly overshadows the NHS test result wait time. Twelve minutes is […]
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The city of Oxford will move into Tier 2 lockdown restrictions this Saturday, the Council has announced. Different households will no longer be able to meet indoors in any setting, public or private. Overnight stays will only be allowed from those in your own household or support bubble, but both Universities – like schools, colleges […]
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Image Description: Sign saying “Open” One of my favourite parts of Freshers’ week last year was arriving at the Freshers’ Fair. I wandered over to the Examination Schools, stepped through the archway and walked into a new world. Every room was full of bustling people stopping at different stalls to sign up for societies and […]
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The University released data from its Early Alert Service on Monday, revealing that 197 students tested positive for Covid-19 in the week beginning October 10th. This was an increase of 61 cases on the previous week, and some colleges – and their annexes – have been impacted more heavily than others. While University College imposed […]
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Image description: a beautiful sunset scene viewed from behind a window It’s day 9 of my first bout of self-isolation this term. Being an international student, I’m no stranger to quarantine. Flying back to my home country in March and returning to the UK during summer, the 14 days of isolation were done at both […]
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Image description: People sit on benches looking at paintings in one of the galleries at Tate Britain. As the pandemic continues, arts organisations have begun exploring new ways of generating income. Many galleries and museums are now running paid events online. The Royal Opera House is selling a David Hockney portrait, estimated to be worth […]
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When Trump’s 2016 MAGA campaign promised to make America a global leader, we didn’t quite expect it to include its number of Covid-19 cases. Yet, here we are. The hot garbage that constitutes the White House’s pandemic management has so far resulted in 7.8 million confirmed cases and 217 thousand deaths, representing approximately 20 percent […]
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Image description: St’ Giles street. Recent articles in The Oxford Student, particularly ‘Morality Patrols’, as well as a petition currently circulating online, assert the University’s overreach in dealing with the Covid pandemic. They argue that by setting university guidelines that go beyond the current laws, and by retaining the right to change these guidelines in […]
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