Dr Christian Yates

COVID-19 Inquiry

COVID inquiry: the UK government’s pandemic response was often not ‘guided by the science’ – yet now scientists are under fire

— An ongoing narrative seeks to shift the blame away from the government for mismanagement of the pandemic, by depicting it as beholden to all-powerful scientists.

COVID-19

COVID: Lifting the remaining measures is a dangerous and senseless move.

— Removing ways of tracking and preventing the spread of COVID will lead to more disruption and ill health. The outcome of going “back to normal” is that millions of people will catch COVID each year.

COVID-19

Coronavirus: Is this the moment of maximum risk?

— If the UK relaxes social distancing now, while most of the population is still susceptible, it runs the very real risk of a second wave.