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 More22 Dec 2020 | Media highlights
Prof Martin McKee talked to Andrew Castle on LBC Radio about the rising cases and hospitalisations...
Read More22 Dec 2020 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)
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...
Read More22 Dec 2020 | Media highlights, Overall COVID-19 Strategy
‘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
Read More18 Dec 2020 | Media highlights
“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
Read More17 Dec 2020 | Inequalities and Ethnic Minorities, Media highlights, Vaccines & variants
‘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.
Watch the full Q&A here
Read More17 Dec 2020 | Media highlights
‘It feels as if we are slowly but surely walking into a burning building on purpose, knowing it’s probably going to crash down around our heads.’ Prof Christina Pagel and Dr Kit Yates are interviewed in The Guardian about rising numbers of Covid-19 patients in hospitals in the run-up to Christmas.
Read full article here
Read More16 Dec 2020 | Media highlights
‘The data show that almost half the people think the current restrictions aren’t tough enough and only 10% think they’re too tough, so I think the great majority of people would understand it.’ Professor Susan Michie on GMB discussing how people might react to the government tightening up restrictions over Christmas.
Watch a clip here
Read More14 Dec 2020 | Media highlights
‘The government has turned to these commercial organisations that are totally unsuited,...
Read More12 Dec 2020 | Media highlights
‘Don’t have a gathering if you can avoid it, because making merry with friends and relations over Christmas may mean that you’re going to be burying some of those friends and relations in January and February’: a stark warning from Gabriel Scally, speaking to Matt Frei on LBC.
Listen to the interview here
Read More11 Dec 2020 | Inequalities and Ethnic Minorities, Media highlights
The government has not done enough to reassure Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities about...
Read More11 Dec 2020 | Short statements
The Four Governments of the UK have agreed a common policy which allows up to three householdsto...
Read More9 Dec 2020 | Q&As
Children’s author and poet Michael Rosen contracted COVID-19 at the end of March and spent 48 days...
Read More5 Dec 2020 | Media highlights
‘Snatching chaos from the jaws of sanity’ Deenan Pillay on how the government’s ‘wildly...
Read More4 Dec 2020 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)
Professor Christina Pagel presented the latest numbers today, covering how each nation is fairing...
Read More4 Dec 2020 | Education
The Department for Education ‘student travel window’ guidance published on 11th November 2020...
Read More30 Nov 2020 | Media highlights
‘If we all take mixing to the official limit, this Christmas could be a disaster. But it...
Read More28 Nov 2020 | Education, Media highlights
‘Scientists call for action after 50-fold rise in coronavirus infections in schools’:...
Read More27 Nov 2020 | Education, Media highlights
New Independent SAGE consultation document on Safer Schools calls for “urgent action”...
Read More27 Nov 2020 | Media highlights
‘It’s not the case that it’s the economy or health. It’s both. If you suppress the virus you can...
Read More27 Nov 2020 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)
Dr Kit Yates presented the latest numbers on Covid-19 in the UK – good news with the virus...
Read More27 Nov 2020 | Education
Independent SAGE and the EAGLE research group for education, have published a guidance note for...
Read More27 Nov 2020 | Mitigation measures, Overall COVID-19 Strategy, Vaccines & variants
Preliminary results from clinical trials indicate that there are at least three vaccines that...
Read More26 Nov 2020 | Media highlights
“Any tier system – to be effective – has got to be clear, has got to be fair”. Stephen...
Read More25 Nov 2020 | Media highlights
“With vaccines coming and the finishing line in sight, the last thing we need to do is let down...
Read More23 Nov 2020 | Media highlights, Mitigation measures
Outdoor festivities and support for safer households: The Guardian reports on new Independent SAGE...
Read More23 Nov 2020 | Short statements
This brief report provides advice for making winter celebrations safer for oneself, one’s...
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