
Lawrence Young
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Virologist. Cancer researcher. Prof Molecular Oncology at University of Warwick. Views are my own.
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20-11-2012 19:07:20
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Module 7 of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry begins on Monday. It will focus on one of the governmentās most disastrous failures: Test, Trace, and Isolate. This isnāt just about mistakes. Itās about warnings ignored, experts shut out, and decisions that cost lives. 1/5



Today, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry heard how Boris Johnson lied to the British public about the UK's ability to Test & Trace. Those in power knew that a lack of planning and underinvestment had left the country unprepared, and they tried to cover it up. Our loved ones paid the price.

Covid inquiry: 180,000 lives could have been saved channel4.com/news/covid-inq⦠via Victoria Macdonald

Today The Times warns UK House of Commons that voting for the Assisted Suicide Bill tomorrow would beāa fatal errorā & this is āa bad Bill beyond repair. It needs to be killed off.ā UK Parliament has a duty to protect the vulnerable: care not kill Shabana Mahmood MP Frank Cottrell-Boyce


"It no longer exists" The UK Covid-19 Inquiry heard evidence this week that the testing infrastructure built up in 2020 has been completely dismantled. Prof. Alan McNally: "If Sars 3 happens in December we will be exactly where we were in January 2020" An insult to those we lost.

Heartbreaking evidence at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry this morning. The government delayed adding loss of smell & taste to list of symptoms because data 'came from an app'. Prof. Timothy Spector says this 'undoubtedly' led to preventable transmission. Criminal negligence.



Our former Independent SAGE colleague Deenan Pillay telling it like it is.



Thanks John Ely for raising awareness about measles virus. Myself, Lawrence Young and Simon Clarke quoted. Please, for the love of toast, get vaccinated. Also, remember, many of us are too, um, distinguished, to have had MMR pre schoolš dailymail.co.uk/health/articleā¦


My article in The Guardian as MPs in Westminster prepare for the final decisive votes this Friday on one of the most consequential laws of our generation theguardian.com/commentisfree/ā¦



