Thread by @HetanShah

Today we @BritishAcademy_ have published a review of the long term societal impacts of the pandemic. We conclude they will cast a long shadow, and that government focus on tackling the social impacts as much as the health ones. Please share! thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/social-co… #CovidDecade

UK faces 'Covid decade' due to damage done by pandemic, says report
theguardian.com/world/2021/mar…

These are the nine long term areas of social impact of the pandemic we have identified in our major @BritishAcademy_ review thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/social-co…

We have published our underlying evidence reviews today as well. Here is a selection. The history of public health crises: governance and trust thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/c…

Inequalities in education, skills, and incomes in the UK: the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/c…

The social implications of COVID-19 on communities
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/c…

The impact of COVID-19 on children and young people
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/c…

Health and inequality: the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/c…

You can read these and a wider rich seam of evidence that underpins our report here thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/covid… #CovidDecade

Pandemic’s damage to UK education and mental health will last a decade newscientist.com/article/227200… @newscientist

Social costs of Covid pandemic ‘will be felt for a decade’ standard.co.uk/news/uk/social… #CovidDecade

Trust was one of the major aspects of our new @BritishAcademy_ evidence review. How can we rebuild trust for the #COVIDdecade? Join @BellaFlame3 of @icstudiesuk and @BoswellPol in conversation about this on 14th April
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/re-buil…

'Governments tend to focus on physical infrastructure, such as roads, energy systems & shopping centres as a means of ‘community development’. But social infrastructure also needs investment to support communities.' My piece in @nature on pandemic recovery nature.com/articles/d4158…

Social costs of pandemic will be felt for a decade, report suggests mol.im/a/9391313 via @MailOnline

We need the SHAPE disciplines (social science, humanities and the arts) to work with STEM to help us make our way out of the pandemic - my new piece for @nature
nature.com/articles/d4158…

Community has got Britain through the pandemic. How can we create more of it? Good piece from @BritishAcademy_ Fellow @ReicherStephen picking up themes explored in our #CovidDecade report
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Covid impact could increase demand to ‘crisis-proof’ people’s incomes @BigIssue bigissue.com/latest/covid-i…

Last night I talked to @BBCNewsnight about our new @BritishAcademy_ report and the long term social impacts of the pandemic on young people

https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1374497679418388486?s=20

One to cross off the personal policywonk bucket list - having our @BritishAcademy_ report mentioned by @paulwaugh in his must read Waugh Zone political memo m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-jo…

Brits still have a rosy outlook on life after lockdown - but that positivity could soon wane @policyatkings @BobbyDuffyKings inews.co.uk/opinion/lockdo…

Action needed to tackle post-Covid 'loneliness emergency', MPs say. Lots here from @NeilDotObrien APPG on loneliness which chimes with recommendations from our review for Patrick Vallance published yesterday
theguardian.com/society/2021/m…