Category: Vaccines & variants
Demystifying and debunking myths about mRNA vaccines
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...
Read MoreIndependent SAGE statement on child vaccination in England – 3 March 2022
Independent SAGE welcomes the JCVI statement on 16 February 2022 recommending that all 5 to 11 year olds be offered paediatric dose covid vaccinations. While it has come too late to prevent the large wave of infections...
Read MoreCALL FOR GLOBAL ACTION
Covid-19 is a global pandemic. It can only be addressed on a global level. As long as the populations of some countries remain unvaccinated, the virus will continue to circulate around the world and new variants will emerge...
Read MoreMaking a Plan for Household Mixing December 2021
Omicron is extremely transmissible. If anyone in a moderately-sized social gathering indoors (e.g., ten people meeting up in a house for Christmas dinner) has Omicron, most people are likely to become infected, regardless of...
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EMERGENCY STATEMENT ON OMICRON: 15 DECEMBER 2021
The first articles alerting the world to a new variant, later designated Omicron, appeared only...
Read MoreAn immediate response to the Omicron variant
As widely predicted, new variants of COVID-19 continue to emerge. Omicron was first reported from Southern Africa on 24th November, and designated as a new variant by World Health Organization on 26th November. It is...
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is plan b enough? zubaida haque on sky news
Dr Zubaida Haque speaks to Sky News about the rapid spread of Omicron variant, Plan B and how...
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Omicron: CHRISTINA PAGEL SPEAKS TO SKY NEWS
Professor Christina Pagel speaks to Sky News about the Omicron variant and why early action,...
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WEEKLY BRIEFING 3rd december 2021
This week, Independent SAGE discusses the Omicron variant, with special guest Professor Sheena...
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WEekly briefing 26th November 2021
The briefing this week started with a presentation on the latest Covid-19 data by Professor...
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