Response to the 20th October Press Conference by Health Secretary Sajid Javid. We need a Winter Plan now
At his press conference of 20th October 2021, the Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, noted the rise...
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Category: Short statements
Statement on COVID-19 testing at Immensa Health Clinic (Dante Laboratories)
Independent SAGE has previously identified the risks and inadequacies of the outsourcing of COVID...
Read MoreSTATEMENT ON THE HOUSE OF COMMONS REPORT “CORONAVIRUS: LESSONS LEARNED TO DATE”
Independent SAGE welcomes today’s report by the Commons Health and Social Care and Science and Technology Committees, “Coronavirus: lessons learned to date”. The report criticises how “the UK approach reflected a consensus...
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Call for more transparency around JCVI recommendations for childhood vaccination against COVID-19
Call for more transparency around JCVI recommendations for childhood vaccination against COVID-19...
Read MoreSeptember 2021: Protecting People at Work: The COVID-19 Safe Workplace Charter
September 2021: Protecting People at Work: The COVID-19 Safe Workplace Charter Just over a year ago, on 27th August 2020, Independent SAGE, in conjunction with The HazardsCampaign, published our ‘COVID-19 Safe Workplace Carter...
Read MoreSeptember 2021: An Urgent Plan for Safer Schools
Independent SAGE released its first schools report in May 2020, updated for the return to school inSeptember 2020. Most of the recommendations we made then remain highly relevant a year later,including advice on bubbles,...
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INDEPENDENT SAGE response to the government moving to step 4 of the roadmap on 19th July
On the 12th of July, Boris Johnson announced that England would be moving to step 4 of the roadmap...
Read MoreStatement on the misuse of the Events Research Programme and its Phase 1 findings.
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...
Read MoreTowards a COVID-secure Euro2020
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...
Read MoreIndie SAGE statement on the UK government roadmap for ending all restrictions
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...
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Quick guide to variants of concern in the UK
Here is a quick guide to current variants of concern in the UK, their different names and their...
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Response to three Public Health England papers about the B.1.617.2 variant of concern published on 22 May 2021
Response to three Public Health England papers about the B.1.617.2 variant of concern publishedon...
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