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‘History is being made’ GAbriel scally writes about dangers of UK’s new covid strategy in the new statesman

19 Jul 2021 | Media highlights, Vaccines & variants

Professor Gabriel writes in the New Statesman about why the government’s policy of standing back and letting the virus reproduce is a recipe for disaster. Read the full article here

Why social solidarity is still needed

18 Jul 2021 | Find, Test, Trace, Isolate, Support, Mitigation measures, Overall COVID-19 Strategy

It’s widely recognised that social solidarity in the public has been essential in combating the...

Kit yates writes on herd immunity in the bmj

16 Jul 2021 | Media highlights

How many people need to have immunity before the virus will start to die out? Dr Kit Yates writes about herd immunity in the BMJ. Read the article here

weekly briefing 16th july 2021

16 Jul 2021 | Weekly briefings on COVID-19

Independent SAGE discusses the government’s plans to lift all remaining restrictions on 19th...

zubaida haque speaks to sky news about the problems of ‘living with the virus’

16 Jul 2021 | Media highlights

Sky News discussion between Dr Zubaida Haque and Professor Carl Heneghan about what “living...

martin mckee talks to arirang news centre

16 Jul 2021 | Media highlights

Professor Martin McKee speaks to Arirnag News Centre about the race between Covid variants and the...

‘Delta has changed the equation’ – Christina Pagel quoted in Reuters story on ‘freedom day’

15 Jul 2021 | Media highlights

Professor Christina Pagel was interviewed by Reuters about the risks of UK’s ‘so-called Freedom Day’. Read the full story here

government messaging is undermining covid response – Stephen reicher writes in BMJ

13 Jul 2021 | Media highlights, Overall COVID-19 Strategy

All the changes currently being made amount to a massive disinformation campaign that undermines the conditions for informed decision-making, writes Professor Stephen Reicher in the BMJ. Read full article here

Herd immunity PLAN ‘completely wrong’ – Sir David King quoted in Daily express

13 Jul 2021 | Media highlights, Mitigation measures, Overall COVID-19 Strategy

Former chief scientific adviser and chair of Independent SAGE Sir David King gave his support to an open letter signed by more than 1,000 UK scientists in the Lancet criticising plans to remove all restrictions next week as ‘dangerous and unethical’. Read full article here

INDEPENDENT SAGE response to the government moving to step 4 of the roadmap on 19th July

13 Jul 2021 | Overall COVID-19 Strategy, Short statements

On the 12th of July, Boris Johnson announced that England would be moving to step 4 of the roadmap...

Kit Yates writes on the ‘terrifying power’ of exponential growth in BMJ

13 Jul 2021 | Media highlights, Overall COVID-19 Strategy

Locking down a week earlier in March 2020 would have meant entering lockdown with a quarter of the cases and could have saved tens of thousands of lives. As we face a ‘third wave’, Dr Kit Yates writes about the dangers of allowing exponential growth in the BMJ. Read full article here

Christina Pagel responds to boris johnson announcement on lifting restrictions in the guardian

13 Jul 2021 | Media highlights, Mitigation measures, Overall COVID-19 Strategy

Boris Johnson gave two reasons for lifting all restrictions at his press conference yesterday. Both are wrong, writes Professor Christina Pagel in the Guardian. Read full article here

zubaida haque speaks to sky news

13 Jul 2021 | Media highlights

Sky News discussion between Dr Zubaida Haque and Professor Carl Heneghan about what “living with the virus”, shifting to “personal responsibility” and abandoning facemasks and social distancing in a...

WEekly Briefing 9th July 2021

9 Jul 2021 | Weekly briefings on COVID-19

At today’s briefing Professor Christina Pagel presented the latest data showing that...

‘mass infection is not an option.’ Independent SAGE members among scientists publishing open letter to the lancet

7 Jul 2021 | Media highlights, Mitigation measures, Overall COVID-19 Strategy

A coalition of leading scientists and doctors have published a letter in the Lancet criticising the government’s herd immunity ‘experiment’ as ‘dangerous and unethical’. Among the signatories are several members of Independent SAGE. Read the full letter here

SUSAN MICHIE SPEAKS TO GOOD MORNING BRITAIN

6 Jul 2021 | Media highlights

Professor Susan Michie speaks to GMB about delaying the lifting of restrictions. Opening up will...

weekly briefing 2nd july 2021

2 Jul 2021 | Weekly briefings on COVID-19

Professor Alice Roberts hosts a session discussing the safety of mass events, and what we need to...

Statement on the misuse of the Events Research Programme and its Phase 1 findings.

2 Jul 2021 | Lockdowns, Mitigation measures, Short statements

We are writing as fellow scientists to express our profound concerns regarding the misuse of the Events Research Programme and its findings. We share the view that it is important to carry out well-designed research to...

christina pagel speaks to channel 4 about easing of restrictions on 19th july

29 Jun 2021 | Media highlights

Professor Christina Pagel speaks to Gary Gibbon from Channel 4 News about Sajid Javid’s...

weekly briefing 25th june 2021

25 Jun 2021 | Weekly briefings on COVID-19

Professor Jim Al-Khalili hosts Independent SAGE, with the latest data from Professor Christina...

christina pagel talks to channel 4 about the risks of holding the euro finals at wembley

25 Jun 2021 | Media highlights

Professor Christina Pagel says we will risk seeding the Delta variant in other countries if we...

gabriel scally talks to good morning britain

25 Jun 2021 | Media highlights

Professor Gabriel Scally talks to Good Morning Britain about avoiding foreign travel this summer...

zubaida haque talks to sky news about lower vaccine uptake among bme groups

24 Jun 2021 | Media highlights, Vaccines & variants

Dr Zuabida Haque discusses the measures the government needs to take to encourage people to get...

weekly briefing 18th june 2021

18 Jun 2021 | Weekly briefings on COVID-19

Professor Jim Al-Khalili hosts Independent SAGE, with the latest data from Dr Kit Yates, and a...

continuing need for support measures

18 Jun 2021 | Find, Test, Trace, Isolate, Support, Mitigation measures

Continuing need for support measures In his statement of 14th May 2021i – just prior to the...

Anthony costello talks to sky news about the critical importance of infection control

15 Jun 2021 | Media highlights, Mitigation measures

Professor Anthony Costello says he is “angry” about the govt’s lack of...

weekly briefing 11th june 2021

15 Jun 2021 | Weekly briefings on COVID-19

Independent SAGE hosts a session discussing Childhood Vaccination, with Professor David Salisbury...

Towards a COVID-secure Euro2020

11 Jun 2021 | Short statements

Being a part of the crowd at live events such as the Euros is good for us. Participation at live events creates positive experiences and emotions. Much of the ‘atmosphere’ we enjoy at such events come from being amongst...

susan michie talks to channel 5 about the VACCINATION PROGRAMME

10 Jun 2021 | Media highlights, Vaccines & variants

Professor Susan Michie talks to Channel 5 about the mitigation measures need to support the successful rollout of the vaccine. Watch a clip here:

weekly briefing 4th june 2021

4 Jun 2021 | Weekly briefings on COVID-19

In today’s briefing Professor Christina Pagel presented the latest figures, illustrating the...

Indie SAGE statement on the UK government roadmap for ending all restrictions

4 Jun 2021 | Lockdowns, Mitigation measures, Short statements

We are currently witnessing a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases in England. Public Health England figures released on 3rd June suggest that the Delta variant has spread widely across the UK and is continuing to spread, that it...