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Dr Kit Yates Interviewed On Sky News About New Covid Variant And The Need To Act Quickly
December 23, 2020
Now is the time for the government to be brave and make unpopular decisions and to lead, in short'. Dr Kit Yates speaks to Sky News about the need to act quickly and decisively in face of rapidly-spreading new variant of Covid-19. Watch a clip here
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Christina Pagel Talks To Adrian Chiles About The New Strain, Christmas, Schools And Tiers
December 22, 2020
Professor Christina Pagel spoke at length with Adrian Chiles on BBC Radio 5 Live covering all the different aspects of the current situation with Covid-19 in England. Listen to a clip here Listen to the full 15 minute interview here
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Susan Michie Talks To Good Morning Britain About Tier 4
December 22, 2020
Professor Susan MIchie was featured on ITV's Good Morning Britain this morning discussing the move to Tier 4, delays in decision making and impact on Christmas. Watch a clip here
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Martin Mckee Talks To LBC Radio About Rising Cases
December 22, 2020
Prof Martin McKee talked to Andrew Castle on LBC Radio about the rising cases and hospitalisations in England and the...
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None Of This Was Inevitable’: Anthony Costello Opinion Piece In The Guardian
December 22, 2020
The recent surge cannot be blamed on a mutant virus alone; in fact, government mismanagement of the pandemic meant that many more people became infected, creating the conditions for mutations to occur.' Professor Anthony Costello writes in The Guardian about the dire consequences of the government's failure to suppress the virus. Read full article here
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Christina Pagel Talks To BBC Newsnight About Risks Of Easing Restrictions At Christmas
December 18, 2020
“The people who’ll get sick and die are the people who'd be first in line for the vaccine in January.” Professor Christina Pagel was a guest on BBC Newsnight where she spoke about the danger of the NHS becoming overwhelmed as a result of increasing cases over Christmas. Watch the clip here
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Christina Pagel And Kit Yates Quoted In The Guardian
December 17, 2020
It feels as if we are slowly but surely walking into a burning building on purpose, knowing it’s probably going to crash down around our heads.' Prof Christina Pagel and Dr Kit Yates are interviewed in The Guardian about rising numbers of Covid-19 patients in hospitals in the run-up to Christmas. Read full article here
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Professor Susan Michie Discussing Christmas Restrictions On Good Morning Britain
December 16, 2020
‘The data show that almost half the people think the current restrictions aren’t tough enough and only 10% think they’re too tough, so I think the great majority of people would understand it.’ Professor Susan Michie on GMB discussing how people might react to the government tightening up restrictions over Christmas. Watch a clip here
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Professor Stephen Reicher Interview On Channel 4 News About Christmas
December 15, 2020
‘The worst gift you can give to anybody over Christmas is a dose of this horrible disease.' Professor Stephen Reicher talks to Jon Snow on Channel 4 News about the risks of households mixing this Christmas. Watch full clip here
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Dr Zubaida Haque Talks To Sky News About Christmas
December 15, 2020
We haven't seen the science behind their decision to open up Christmas for five days for three families.' Dr Zubaida Haque tells Sky News the government needs to reassess the message about Christmas in the context of surging infection rates in parts of the country. Watch a clip here .
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Deenan Pillay And Christina Pagel Interviewed Together On Channel 4 News
December 14, 2020
Profs Deenan Pillay and Christina Pagel were interviewed together on Channel 4 news discussing the new virus strain, London moving into tier 3, Christmas and schools. Watch the full interview here
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Kit Yates Interviewed On Sky News About Spread Of Covid In London
December 14, 2020
Dr Kit Yates was interviewed on Sky News discussing tiers, schools and why Covid might be spreading again in London and the South East. Watch a clip of him discussing increasing spread here