And this qualifies as Legal History because …
- Some people who do LH like to count stuff (my own efforts here are a bit amateur, but some people do it very well …)
- Er … virus… bit like plague …
- It needs to be noted for future Legal Historians and other historians.
It is … shall we say interesting … to note that my dear employer, and presumably the decision is one by the senior management team, has changed the way that it is publishing information on coronavirus, now that the cumulative total of cases looks very bad, and the institution is hovering around the top 5 or 6 according to the UCU dashboard (all the others above it being in known hotspots in the NE and NW and E Midlands).
Pleased to see that somebody is trying to fight back: https://worriedacademic.wixsite.com/bristolunicoviddata
Otherwise, feeling pretty powerless, as there is so little accountability for all of this. Sometimes, all that’s left is resistance by limerick. So here’s one I found earlier (in my head):
‘Our priority is the health and safety of our staff, students and community’ [signed, from a safe distance, some very well paid people with an interest in minimising the impression that they are putting other people in harm’s way, ]
We care about students and staff,
don’t want you to worry – don’t laugh –
we promise you, that’s
why we’ve swapped scary stats
for a sweet, soothing, ‘what virus?’ graph.
GS 30/10/2020