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WEEKLY BRIEFING 26TH MAY 2023

26 May 2023 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links), Front Page

We were joined by students who shared their experiences of the pandemic, with Dr Keri Wong also as...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 12TH MAY 2023

13 May 2023 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links), Front Page

We had a dedicated Public Q&A session today, with Prof Stephen Griffin as chair and Dr Kit...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 28TH APRIL 2023

28 Apr 2023 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links), Front Page

We had a discussion on ‘how to prepare for the next pandemic?’, with guests Dr...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 21ST APRIL 2023

21 Apr 2023 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links), Front Page

In this session, we looked at the latest evidence & literature on Covid-19, hosted by Prof...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 31ST MARCH 2023

4 Apr 2023 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links), Front Page

We had a discussion on the issues faced by immunocompromised people, with guests Prof Alex Richter...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 24TH MARCH 2023

4 Apr 2023 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links), Front Page

We had a discussion on Long Covid, with a special pre-recorded segment with Dr Eric Topol &...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 3RD MARCH 2023

3 Mar 2023 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links), Front Page

We had a session on disinformation & how it spreads, with guests Prof Deborah Lupton &...

Christina Pagel talks to BBC Newsnight about care home policy in 2020

2 Mar 2023 | Front Page, Media highlights

Professor Christina Pagel was a guest panellist on BBC NewsNight discussing the fall out of the...

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

21 Feb 2023 | Front Page, Recent reports, Short statements

To continue running our weekly sessions we rely on your generosity. Both of the crowdfunders we’ve...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 17TH FEB 2023

21 Feb 2023 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links), Front Page

We had a session on the Covid Pledge hosted by Prof Stephen Reicher & Janet Newsham with...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 3RD FEB 2023

21 Feb 2023 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)

On this briefing, we held a dedicated Public Q&A session on all things Covid; mitigation,...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 27TH JAN 2023

21 Feb 2023 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)

We had a discussion on excess deaths, with special guest Stuart McDonald. Prof Christina Pagel...

INDEPENDENT SAGE CROWDFUNDER 2023

3 Feb 2023 | Short statements

Help us keep Independent SAGE running With extra funding we can keep going for longer, bringing...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 20TH JAN 2023

20 Jan 2023 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)

We had a discussion on Covid transmission, clean air & ventilation, with guests Dr...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 13TH JAN 2023

13 Jan 2023 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)

On this briefing, we had a discussion on immunology, hybrid immunity & vaccines, with...

Statement on COVID-19 management in light of pandemic increase in China

6 Jan 2023 | Lockdowns, Mitigation measures, Overall COVID-19 Strategy, Recent reports, Short statements

COVID-19 management in light of pandemic increase in China and potential impact of new Omicron sub-variants (notably XBB.1.5 “Kraken”, and CH.1.1 “Orthrus”) High rates of SARS-CoV2 transmission anywhere in the world makes the...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 16TH DEC 2022

16 Dec 2022 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)

We had our last Q&A for the year + End of Year Statement was presented by Prof Stephen...

Independent SAGE End of Year 2022 Statement

15 Dec 2022 | Overall COVID-19 Strategy, Recent reports, Short statements

The end of 2022 is looking brighter than in previous years – at least in terms of COVID. At this time in 2020, we lacked the protection of a vaccine and faced a new resurgent wave of COVID infections driven by the...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 9TH DEC 2022

9 Dec 2022 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)

We had a discussion on Covid-19 & the implications of health inequalities, with guests Prof...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 2ND DEC 2022

2 Dec 2022 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)

Joined by Special Envoy of WHO DG on Covid19, Dr. David Nabarro, we discussed the global status of...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 18TH NOV 2022

18 Nov 2022 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)

We had a discussion on the origins of SARS-CoV-2 with guests Prof David L Robertson & Prof...

WEEKLY BRIEFING 11TH NOV 2022

11 Nov 2022 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)

We had a public Q&A session on this briefing, with Prof Anthony Costello chairing and Dr...

Demystifying and debunking myths about mRNA vaccines

8 Nov 2022 | Vaccines & variants

Access this resource in PDF here. (for greater contrast if you find this hard to read) The development of vaccines has been one of the greatest ever public health achievements. They have given us the ability to remove the threat...