It is the strong and unanimous view of Independent SAGE that implementation of a functional and effective Find, Test, Trace and Isolate and Support system is an essential component of the public health response to the COVID-19...
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Professor Christina Pagel presented the numbers from this week showing that COVID has escalated in England and Wales over the previous week whereas there are signs of plateauing and reduction in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Prof Deenan Pillay discussed the need for reformed Test and Trace. We also had Prof Paul Gringas as a special guest, answering questions on how to help children with special needs through this pandemic.
Watch the briefing here .
Look at the presented slides here .
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Children with special needs and their families have been hit particularly hard by restrictions put...
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Independent SAGE statement on cuts to the Department for Education allocation of laptops for disadvantaged pupils in England On 22nd October, the Department for Education imposed a legal duty on all schools in England “to...
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Professor Christina Pagel presented the latest numbers about the COVID-19 situation in the UK. This week we also look closely at Manchester, Nottingham and Liverpool, discuss schools in some detail and show how a 2 week circuit breaker would work. Professor Costello then presented our blueprint plan for how to rebuild a function Find, Test, Trace, Isolate and Support system.
Click into the article to find links to slides, the blueprint plan and the full YouTube briefing.
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It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Professor Val Curtis, a highly valued...
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We wrote on 21st September that we were in a crisis and put forward a ten point plan to avoid a...
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Martin McKee was interviewed on Channel 4 News about the John Snow Memorandum published in the...
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Dr Kit Yates presented the presented the latest numbers about the COVID-19 situation in the UK....
Read MoreTo 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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Professor Christina Pagel presented the latest numbers about the COVID-19 situation in the UK. Little good news this week – cases going up rapidly, particularly in the North of England and Northern Ireland.
Click here for the slides from the weekly briefing from 9th October .
Click here to watch the full briefing on YouTube .
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Christina Pagel was a guest on BBC’s More or Less programme where she discussed the lost 16,000 cases from NHS Test and Trace last week and also whether we in a current second wave
Listen to a clip about a second wave here .
Full show is here .
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Professor Pagel’s presentation on 2nd October focused on taking stock of what has happened over September and what this might mean for October.
Click here for the slides from the weekly briefing from 2nd October .
Click here to watch the full briefing on YouTube .
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Gabriel Scally forcefully responds to Lord Sumption’s suggestion that we should allow under 60’s to get COVID in a population immunity strategy.
Watch the full clip from BBC Newsnight here .
Read MoreSince Indepent Sage’s initial consultation on University reopening at the end of August, the situation has changed significantly. Cases are rising rapidly, particularly in young adults, and there are reports of rapidly deteriorating situations on some university campuses as universities attempt to manage the multiple crises of transmission, infections, and student welfare.
In light of this we have updated our recommendations. Read the full statement and recommendations here .
This statement represents the considered view of Independent SAGE. We welcome additional evidence and views that might enable us to improve upon it.
Read MoreIndependent SAGE statement on the new UK Government COVID Measures announced on 22nd September We welcome the four nations agreement on a strategy aimed at “suppressing the virus to the lowest possible level and keeping it...
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Watch the briefing from 25th September here – includes discussion of univerisities, rising...
Read MoreEvery week we start the public briefing with a 10-15 minute overview of the current COVID-19 situation in the UK, presented by Professor Christina Pagel.
Click here for the slides from the weekly briefing from 25th September .
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A deliberate strategy of attempting to raise the level of population immunity by allowing or...
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Sweden is often used as an example of a country where a population immunity strategy is working,...
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“The test and trace system has never been fully operative and now has completely failed.” On Good...
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Christina Pagel appears on Sky News to explain why a strategy of isolating the vulnerable, while...
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“At the start the government kept saying ‘we are following the science’. Now, they have even...
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Independent SAGE has been calling for an emergency fund to support those who are required to...
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The British Medical Journal reported on Independent SAGE’s 10-point emergency plan to avoid a...
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We are in a crisis. Infections and hospital admissions are rapidly increasing. The testing system...
Read MoreEvery week we start the public briefing with a 10-15 minute overview of the current COVID-19 situation in the UK, presented by Professor Christina Pagel.
Click here for the slides from the weekly briefing from 18th September .
Read MoreEvery week we start the public briefing with a 10-15 minute overview of the current COVID-19 situation in the UK, presented by Professor Christina Pagel.
Click here for the slides from the weekly briefing from 11th September .
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COVID-19 will likely remain in circulation for many years. Nevertheless, in the absence of...
Read MoreThe 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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We sat down with David King, founder of Independent SAGE, to ask why Indie SAGE was needed…
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