Weekly briefing 15th January 2021
Today Professor Christina Pagel presented the latest numbers showing that cases are falling in all...
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Sir David King: We could have prevented 75.000 coronavirus deaths in the UK
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Halting geographic spread of COVID-19
The virus causing COVID-19 spreads readily between people and it is this characteristic that makes...
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Maintaining adherence to protective behaviours during vaccination roll-out
The roll-out of the new Covid-19 vaccines is welcomed. But it is not a ‘silver bullet’. There are...
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Christina pagel writes in the guardian about the grim truth unfolding in britain’s hospitals
‘This is an account of what it truly means for a hospital to be “overwhelmed”. Much of this is happening already, but we have not yet seen the worst.’ Professor Christina Pagel writes in the The Guardian about the difficult choices doctors and nurses will face in the coming weeks as hospital capacity is stretched to the limit. Read full article here
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Susan michie on Good morning britain discussing how government policies are creating super-spreader events
‘On the one hand we’re being told this is an emergency, and that is what it is, and on the other we’ve got a ‘lockdown lite’ compared to March.’ Professor Susan Michie was a guest on Good Morning Britain where she discussed mixed messaging from the government and the need to address ‘huge amounts of contact between people’. Watch a clip here
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christina pagel on sky news discussing lockdown compliance and mass testing
‘Compliance hasn’t gone down. You can’t blame people’s behaviour. The rules are a lot laxer this lockdown compared to March.’ Professor Christina Pagel was a guest on Sky News. She explains why this lockdown may not be as effective as the first one and why mass testing won’t be effective without support for self-isolation. Watch a clip here
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Christina Pagel talks to BBC News about the NHS and Lockdown
Professor Christina Pagel was interviewed by BBC News to discuss the pressure on the NHS,...
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Susan Michie on BBC Newsnight discussing lockdown
Professor Susan Michie was a guest on BBC Newsnight discussing the current lockdown measures in...
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Weekly Briefing 8 January 2021
Professor Christina Pagel presented a deep dive into the UK’s current Covid-19 situation,...
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A ‘Safe Schools’ policy for re-opening education as soon as possible and mitigating the harms of closure
This paper proposes a ‘safe schools policy’ aimed at mitigating the harms of school closure,...
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Kit yates writes in the huffington post about the need for tighter border controls
‘Until recently, our borders haven’t been the focus of much attention, but they are and will continue to be one of the most important weapons we have in the fight against Covid.’ Dr Kit Yates makes the case for better supervision of arriving travellers in the Huffington Post. Read full article here
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DR Zubaida Haque interviewed on BBC newsnight about the need to support people to self-isolate
“The way we stop transmission is to get people self-isolated… people in deprived areas and low-paid jobs, Black and Ethnic Minority people, have been less likely to be able to afford to self-isolate.” Dr Zubaida Haque tells Emily Maitlis on BBC Newsnight that people have had to make difficult choices between going to unsafe jobs and putting food on the table. Watch a clip here
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Christina pagel interviewed on channel 4 news about new lockdown
‘The minimum is to go back to where we were in March, which means closing schools, closing universities, don’t leave home, but that on its own is not enough.’ Professor Christina Pagel speaks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy of Channel 4 News about the need to protect essential workers and to pay them to isolate where necessary. Watch a clip here
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Kit Yates talks to BBC World about the new lockdown
Kit Yates reacts live to Boris Johnson’s announcement of a new stringent lockdown for...
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Gabriel scally gives his reaction to lockdown announcement on bbc news
‘We have been wanting this for some time but it’s disappointing that the government is in this reactive mode. They seem to wait until the very last moment, until the crisis is breaking on us, before they take the necessary action.’ Professor Gabriel Scally gives his reaction to announcement of a new lockdown on BBC News. Watch a clip here
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Christina pagel talks TO Sky news about south african variant & UK vaccine strategy
‘The pandemic seems to be teaching us that no matter how bad you think it is, it can always get worse.’ Professor Christina Pagel is interviewed on Sky News about the South African variant of Covid-19, why we need to step up border controls and testing at airports and the need for greater transparency about the UK vaccine strategy. Watch a clip here
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4th January 2021: New statements on the UK vaccine strategy
Today, Independent SAGE has released two short documents about the UK vaccine strategy. The first document “Will new variants compromise vaccines?” discusses the risk that new variants of Covid-19 pose to the...
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Gabriel scally tELLS sky news we need a full lockdown
‘We need a full lockdown. No messing about, no faffing around.’ Professor Gabriel Scally talks to Sky News, about the need for tougher measures, why it’s not safe for schools and universities to go back now and why a fully-fledged Test, Trace, Isolate & Support system is more important than ever. Watch a clip here
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30th december 2020: emergency statement and call for immediate national lockdown
The pandemic in England is now at the most threatening stage of the entire year. The number of...
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Christina Pagel talks to Sky News about current Covid situation
Professor Christina Pagel was interviewed on Sky News discussing the current Covid-19 situation in...
Read More24 DECEMBER 2020: emergency statement on new variant of covid-19 And rapidly worsening situation in uk
The situation across the UK, particularly England and Wales, is rapidly worsening. Evidence is now strong that the new variant of Covid-19 (B117) is significantly more infectious than previous strains. This is making a bad...
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Martin McKee talks to LBC Radio about Rising Cases
Prof Martin McKee talked to Andrew Castle on LBC Radio about the rising cases and hospitalisations...
Read MoreWeekly Briefing 18th December
This week we discussed the worsening situation in the UK, with Dr Kit Yates presenting the weekly numbers. We also talked about plans for Christmas. View the week’s slides here. Watch the full hour’s briefing...
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‘None of this was inevitable’: Anthony costello opinion piece in the guardian
‘The recent surge cannot be blamed on a mutant virus alone; in fact, government mismanagement of the pandemic meant that many more people became infected, creating the conditions for mutations to occur.’ Professor Anthony Costello writes in The Guardian about the dire consequences of the government’s failure to suppress the virus. Read full article here
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Christina pagel talks to bbc newsnight about risks of easing restrictions at christmas
“The people who’ll get sick and die are the people who’d be first in line for the vaccine in January.” Professor Christina Pagel was a guest on BBC Newsnight where she spoke about the danger of the NHS becoming overwhelmed as a result of increasing cases over Christmas. Watch the clip here
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Dr tolullah ONi answers questions on vaccines from readers of the voice
‘My concern with the vaccine is that the very people who have a right to be concerned about safety for historical and contemporary, systemic, discriminatory reasons, are the same groups of people who are at greater risk of exposure and death from the disease.’ Dr Tolullah Oni answers questions on the vaccine from readers of The Voice.
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