Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 20 (7th August 2020)
A report summarising the latest information on research timelines and the potential impact of a vaccine on the pandemic, and on society.
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Friday Reading Edition 18 (24th July 2020)
Lord Darzi, surgeon and former health minister, discusses ways for healthcare systems, in the UK and elsewhere, to go from providing a “sickness service” to delivering a “health and well-being service.”
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The great reset Text
Friday Reading Edition 11 (5th June 2020)
The World Economic Forum launched its Great Reset initiative, offering insights to help inform all those determining the future state of global relations, the direction of national economies, the priorities of societies and the nature of business models. Watch the briefing.
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Friday Reading Edition 9 (22nd May 2020)
In this collection of essays, the Global Risks Advisory Board of the WEF’s Global Risks Initiative looks beyond the current crisis to the potential challenges and opportunities in the post-COVID-19 world. They are designed to offer new perspectives on the post-pandemic future, in support of efforts to proactively and collectively shape the future we want.
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Friday Reading Edition 2 (3rd April 2020)
In the latest in a series of reports from Imperial College, which makes inferences on the impact of the current lockdown and social distancing measures across Europe and the UK, researchers recommend that the current interventions remain in place and that trends in cases and deaths be closely monitored in the coming days and weeks to provide reassurance that transmission of SARS-Cov-2 is slowing.
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Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand Text
Friday Reading Edition 1 (27th March 2020)
Read the critical Imperial College paper analysing the likely impact of multiple public health measures on slowing and suppressing the spread of coronavirus, which has since informed the UK government’s strategy for dealing with the pandemic.
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