Laura Dodsworth

The war on breathing

We should be wary of a morality forged by fear

(Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP via Getty Images)

‘We all have to be responsible for the fact that our health touches upon those who we sit next to and who we share air with. And this is a public health truism that is self-evident,’ said health minister Lord Bethell, answering a question about mandating vaccine passports in nightclubs in the House of Lords.

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