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Coronavirus diaries: a new year for science

John Tregoning reckons with a return to the academic year and an emptier house.
  1. John Tregoning

    1. John Tregoning is a reader in respiratory infections in the Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, UK. He runs a blog on academic life.

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Last month in the United Kingdom, we entered the promised land when my children, after a 150-day absence, returned to their school in London. As with most much-anticipated events, except perhaps an end to the pandemic, it didn’t quite live up to expectations.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03005-w

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