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Christina Pagel Announced Joint Winner Of BMJ Award For Science Communication

September 30, 2021

BMJ gives Special Recognition Award for science communication to Professor Christina Pagel and Professor Devi Sridhar. "Covid-19 is complex and has often been confusing for the public, but during a period of extended uncertainty two voices have provided clarity, Devi Sridhar and Christina Pagel, who have received this special award for their courage in communicating evidence on policy during the pandemic," said Helen Jones of the BMJ. Read interview here

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Christina Pagel Speaks To BBC

September 15, 2021

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Gabriel Scally Speaks To Sky News

September 14, 2021

Professor Gabriel Scally speaks to Sky News about UK Chief Medical Officers advising ministers to vaccinate children of 12 years...

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Gabriel Scally Writes About The Winter Covid Plan In The Observer

September 12, 2021

"The outlook for the autumn and winter cannot be regarded as anything other than unsettled, uncertain and potentially very dangerous," writes Professor Gabriel Scally in The Observer. Read the full article here

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Christina Pagel Speaks To BBC

September 4, 2021

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Zubaida Haque Speaks To GMB

August 13, 2021

Dr Zubaida Haque spoke to Good Morning Britain about the need to keep mass testing. Watch the clip here:

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Christina Pagel Speaks To BBC

August 4, 2021

Professor Christina Pagel speaks to the BBC about additional measures needed alongside the vaccine to prevent another winter lockdown. View...

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Anthony Costello Writes About Global Vaccination In New Statesman

July 26, 2021

 'G7 countries are guilty of both hoarding vaccines and blocking others from producing them at scale, a moral and geopolitical failure that lower income countries will not forget.' Professor Anthony Costello writes in The New Statesman. Read full article here

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Pingdemic Is Not The Problem’ Stephen Reicher Writes In The Guardian

July 26, 2021

The “pingdemic” is nothing more than a distraction to divert from the real, underlying issues: the government’s failure to address spiralling infections, and its pursuit of policies that exacerbate this problem.' Professor Stephen Reicher writes in the Guardian. Read the full article here

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Martin Mckee Writes In BMJ On The Case For An Urgent Public Inquiry Into Pandemic Response

July 21, 2021

"One might hope that the politicians who presided over the situation would show some curiosity about what went wrong. After all, the pandemic is not yet over." Martin McKee writes in the BMJ. Read full article here

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UK Policy Doesn’T Just Affect Us, It Affects Everybody’ Christina Pagel Quoted By Cnbc

July 20, 2021

Professor Christina Pagel joined a coalition of international scientists and medical professionals at an emergency summit to protest director of...

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History Is Being Made’ Gabriel Scally Writes About Dangers Of UK’S New Covid Strategy In The New Statesman

July 19, 2021

Professor Gabriel writes in the New Statesman about why the government's policy of standing back and letting the virus reproduce is a recipe for disaster. Read the full article here