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...