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Prof. Devi Sridhar

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Things not looking good in the UK (massive understatement). We all need to act like we could have COVID-19 & minimise close physical contact with those outside our household. Need

Questions I get from young people:1. Am I immune from this virus? -> No, you are likely to have mild symptoms, but this is a nasty virus & you could

There’s a middle way between blind hope (virus will disappear) & cynical fatalism (repeated waves & lockdowns). We can shape the future of this pandemic. Our actions matter. And there

Sweden & New Zealand actually have something in common: scientific advisors in both countries did not think a vaccine would be available soon enough, so they chose their final objective.

Business leaders are smart & they want to make a profit. Hard to do that in the current 'half-way' house of not dealing with core public health problem & partially

Current thinking on COVID-19: (thread)1. This virus is too dangerous to let spread through a population unchecked. Not only bc of health services capacity & deaths in elderly/vulnerable groups, but

If COVID-19 numbers can be brought low enough in Scotland by 11 August (under 20 confirmed cases) & with appropriate 'test and protect' policies, my personal view is that schools

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