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Q&A on NERVTAG paper from Friday on severity/lethality of the UK variant of concern
1 month ago | By Science Media Centre
We asked some of the authors of the NERVTAG paper looking at the severity/lethality of the UK variant of concern if they were available to answer questions from science journalists for 30 minutes this morning.
Please note the scientists did not have anything new to share - this was a chance for the journalists to ask them their questions about the science and the evidence behind Fridays paper.
Speakers included:
Prof Peter Horby , Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Oxford, and Chair of NERVTAG
Prof John Edmunds , Professor in the Centre for the Mathematical Modelling...
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