Month: February 2021

Susan michie discusses lifting lockdown restrictions on bbc newsnight

20 Feb 2021 | Media highlights

“We now face a choice between lifting restrictions but facing what we had last year…or we open up very gradually.” Professor Susan Michie tells BBC Newsnight that we must learn the lessons from last year. Watch a clip here

Weekly briefing 19 february 2021

19 Feb 2021 | Weekly briefings on COVID-19

In today’s briefing, Professor Christina Pagel presented the latest numbers and Professor Stephen...

A ‘Sustainable Suppression’ Strategy for Keeping Society Open

19 Feb 2021 | Lockdowns, Overall COVID-19 Strategy, Recent reports

The aim of this document is to outline an overall strategy for handling the COVID pandemic which...

Independent SAGE briefing note on use of punishments in the Covid response

16 Feb 2021 | Lockdowns, Overall COVID-19 Strategy, Recent reports, Short statements

Blatant and visible violations of Covid-safe rules and guidance are relatively rare and probably...

What is an ‘acceptable’ level of covid? Christina pagel responds on bbc newsnight

16 Feb 2021 | Media highlights

“The more opportunity Covid has to infect people, the more chances it has to mutate.” Professor Christina Pagel on BBC Newsnight responding to the question ‘What would be an acceptable level of Covid for us to live with?’ Watch a clip here