covid Archives - Danny Sriskandarajah

Debate: big pharma and lessons from the pandemic at the good business festival

24 March 2022 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: business, covid, health, Inequality, politics

I was invited to The Good Business Festival to debate what lessons could be learned about the way the pharmaceutical industry has responded to Covid. While vaccines were developed at impressive pace, an inequitable system for manufacture and distribution has left millions of people in lower-income countries without access to life-saving vaccines. We discussed what … Continue reading “Debate: big pharma and lessons from the pandemic at the good business festival”

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BBC Question Time

13 January 2022 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: covid, Inequality, politics

It was a pleasure to join the panel in Shrewsbury for BBC Question Time. One of the audience questions was whether people should be penalised for choosing not to get vaccinated against Covid19. I made the point that this is a first world problem – for millions of people in low income countries, jabs simply … Continue reading “BBC Question Time”

Opinion: New instincts for a new era

10 July 2021 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: covid, Inequality, leadership

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I was invited to reflect on leadership for this edition of Rhodes Scholar magazine. I shared some thoughts on what leadership could look like for this new era, in order to rise to the challenge of responding adequately to the climate crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic. For me, this comes down to four broad areas: … Continue reading “Opinion: New instincts for a new era”

DEBATE: GLOBAL SOLIDARITY DURING COVID-19

8 July 2021 | Danny Sriskandarajah | Tags: covid, Inequality, poverty, power

I joined this panel at the International Institute for Social Studies annual conference, discussing how well the world had stepped up during the pandemic, and the prospects for the future. I argued that it had brought out the best and worst in human behaviour. At the community level, an inspiring rise in mutual aid groups. … Continue reading “DEBATE: GLOBAL SOLIDARITY DURING COVID-19”