Tag: exit strategy

Our exit from lockdown must be safe and sustainable

Post author By Dr Tom Riddington
Post date May 8, 2020

The UK has been in lockdown since March 23rd 2020 in an attempt to slow down the spread of COVID-19. Six weeks on the number of new cases per day has begun to decrease and the government and businesses are clamouring to restart the UK economy. We believe that people’s health should come before profit […]

Tags austerity, coronavirus, COVID-19, exit strategy, lockdown, physical distancing, PPE, public health, public sector cuts, TTIS

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There is no exit from the COVID-19 lockdown without population testing

Post author By Dr Tom Riddington
Post date April 14, 2020

It is not possible to undertake any meaningful planning for an exit strategy from the current lockdown without an understanding of COVID-19’s prevalence and our current levels of immunity. On April 2nd Health Secretary Matt Hancock promised to test 100,000 people daily by the end of the month. On that same day the UK was testing ten times […]

Tags coronavirus, COVID-19, epidemiology, exit strategy, infection, population testing, SARS-CoV-2, TTIS