It was Bertrand Russell who pointed out:
‘Some men are so impressed by what science knows that they forget what it does not know; others are so much more interested in what it does not know than in what it does that they belittle its achievements.’
Science has attracted opinions of all hues during COVID-19, with plenty of feet in both those camps. Goodness knows, the list of COVID-19 unknowns is long but, let’s speak plainly, it isn’t a new science that we have inequalities in our society. Gender and race bias underpin many of them.
Reni …