This is what we need to understand about the ‘science’ of coronavirus

The characterisation of science as a fixed thing in this emergency isn’t helpful, says Ben Chu. The reality is that the advance of scientific knowledge is often a messy and ‘emergent’ process, unfolding over time rather than in a flash of discovery

The government has come under fire for its ‘U-turn’ on coronavirus (AFP/Getty)

Oh for a beaker of the scientific controversy of normal times.

Drinking wine’s good for you, says one news headline.

No wait, wine’s actually bad for you, says another.