'Hands, Face, Space': a year of simple slogans mask complicated Covid-19 rules – Palatinate
One year and 128,000 deaths later, we are still in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. As UK restrictions begin to ease and we slowly re-enter so-called ‘normal’ society, could the government’s messaging surrounding Covid-19 have been improved? From the minute the virus reached our shores, the government took to using snappy slogans to get their message across. From ‘Stay At Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives’ right through to the current emphasis on ‘Hands, Face, Space’, a simple rule of three has been used to try and get the public to think of both the national and personal imp...