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Zubaida Haque Speaks To Sky News About The Problems Of ‘Living With The Virus’
July 16, 2021
Sky News discussion between Dr Zubaida Haque and Professor Carl Heneghan about what “living with the virus”, shifting to “personal...
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Martin Mckee Talks To Arirang News Centre
July 16, 2021
Professor Martin McKee speaks to Arirnag News Centre about the race between Covid variants and the vaccine. Watch the clip...
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Kit Yates Writes On Herd Immunity In The BMJ
July 16, 2021
How many people need to have immunity before the virus will start to die out? Dr Kit Yates writes about herd immunity in the BMJ. Read the article here
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Delta Has Changed The Equation’ – Christina Pagel Quoted In Reuters Story On ‘Freedom Day’
July 15, 2021
Professor Christina Pagel was interviewed by Reuters about the risks of UK's 'so-called Freedom Day'. Read the full story here
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Zubaida Haque Speaks To Sky News
July 13, 2021
Sky News discussion between Dr Zubaida Haque and Professor Carl Heneghan about what “living with the virus”, shifting to “personal...
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Christina Pagel Responds To Boris Johnson Announcement On Lifting Restrictions In The Guardian
July 13, 2021
Boris Johnson gave two reasons for lifting all restrictions at his press conference yesterday. Both are wrong, writes Professor Christina Pagel in the Guardian. Read full article here
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Kit Yates Writes On The ‘Terrifying Power’ Of Exponential Growth In BMJ
July 13, 2021
Locking down a week earlier in March 2020 would have meant entering lockdown with a quarter of the cases and could have saved tens of thousands of lives. As we face a 'third wave', Dr Kit Yates writes about the dangers of allowing exponential growth in the BMJ. Read full article here
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Government Messaging Is Undermining Covid Response – Stephen Reicher Writes In BMJ
July 13, 2021
All the changes currently being made amount to a massive disinformation campaign that undermines the conditions for informed decision-making, writes Professor Stephen Reicher in the BMJ. Read full article here
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Herd Immunity Plan ‘Completely Wrong’ – Sir David King Quoted In Daily Express
July 13, 2021
Former chief scientific adviser and chair of Independent SAGE Sir David King gave his support to an open letter signed by more than 1,000 UK scientists in the Lancet criticising plans to remove all restrictions next week as 'dangerous and unethical'. Read full article here
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Mass Infection Is Not An Option.’ Independent Sage Members Among Scientists Publishing Open Letter To The Lancet
July 7, 2021
A coalition of leading scientists and doctors have published a letter in the Lancet criticising the government's herd immunity 'experiment' as 'dangerous and unethical'. Among the signatories are several members of Independent SAGE. Read the full letter here
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Susan Michie Speaks To Good Morning Britain
July 6, 2021
Professor Susan Michie speaks to GMB about delaying the lifting of restrictions. Opening up will increase the likelihood of a...
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Christina Pagel Speaks To Channel 4 About Easing Of Restrictions On 19Th July
June 29, 2021
Professor Christina Pagel speaks to Gary Gibbon from Channel 4 News about Sajid Javid’s comments that the changes on the...