Reports

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An Urgent Plan For Safer Schools

November 27, 2020 EducationEmergency MeasuresSafer Environments

Independent SAGE and the EAGLE research group for education, have published a guidance note for safer schools following consultations with...

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UK Government Messaging On Covid-19: Five Principles And Recommendations For A Covid Communication Reset

November 16, 2020 Behavioural Science

The UK is currently experiencing a second wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and England began a second national lockdown on...

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Response To Announcement Of Successful Covid Vaccination Trial

November 13, 2020 InequalitiesPandemic PolicyVaccines

The announcement by Pfizer and BioNTech of results from the third phase of their vaccinetrial has been greeted with enthusiasm...

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Covid-19 And Health Inequality

November 13, 2020 Inequalities

The most deprived neighbourhoods in England have a COVID-19 mortality rate more than twice that of the most affluent. Likewise,...

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Blueprint For Rebuilding Find, Test, Trace, Isolate And Support

October 16, 2020 Contact TracingMitigation MeasuresTesting

To accompany our 6-week emergency plan for reversing the growth of COVID-19 in England, we have developed a detailed blueprint for how to reform the test and trace system. This involves restructuring testing systems, devolving contact tracing within local regions and instutiting wrap-around support for isolation. We believe this can be done within 6 weeks. Read the full blueprint here .

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Emergency Plan For Stopping The Spread Of Covid-19 In England

October 16, 2020 Contact TracingEmergency MeasuresMitigation MeasuresPandemic Policy

We wrote on 21st September that we were in a crisis and put forward a ten point plan to avoid...

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Why A Population Immunity Strategy Won’t Work

September 25, 2020 Herd ImmunityMitigation MeasuresPandemic Policy

A deliberate strategy of attempting to raise the level of population immunity by allowing or encouraging people at lower risk...

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A Closer Look At Sweden’s Response To Covid-19

September 25, 2020 Herd ImmunityPandemic Policy

Sweden is often used as an example of a country where a population immunity strategy is working, without lockdowns. Its...

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An Emergency 10-Point Plan To Avoid A National Lockdown

September 20, 2020 Emergency MeasuresPandemic Policy

We are in a crisis. Infections and hospital admissions are rapidly increasing. The testing system has broken down and it...

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Testing For Covid-19: The Why, The Who And The How

September 11, 2020 Contact TracingTesting

COVID-19 will likely remain in circulation for many years. Nevertheless, in the absence of widespread and sustainable population immunity (generated...

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Response To SAGE Advice On Opening Universities

September 9, 2020 Education

The government's advisory body, SAGE, published advice on the reopening of universities. Much of it is similar to our own advice and we present an official response in this document. Click here for the full report .

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Final Statement On Safe Return To Universities

September 2, 2020 EducationSafer Environments

This autumn will see the mass movement and migration of millions of people to university campuses and towns. This will...