The cacophony that currently fills the news columns obstructs rational communication. The noise is almost exclusively on the subject of COVID-19 and health, of course. It makes spreading sensible discussion on the need for nuclear energy that much harder. Improving the ratio of signal to noise, requires getting the message signal right but understanding how the noise is received, too.

The shakey relation between science and politics seems to be suffering badly again not only in the UK, but worldwide. Everywhere ...