Written evidence on covid-19 lessons submitted to House of Commons Science and Technology Committee
Categories: government consultation
Project: UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator
Submission site: https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/37296/html/
Overview:
The two Select Committees were examining the impact and effectiveness of action taken by government and the advice it has received. They are considering a range of issues and we are responding to the consultation under the headings listed, contributing to those where we have expertise and have recently published reports or evidence. These are:
- The deployment of non-pharmaceutical interventions like lockdown and social distancing rules to manage the pandemic
- The impact on black and minority ethnic communities and other at-risk groups
- Testing and contact tracing
- Modelling and the use of statistics
- Government communications and public health messaging
- The UK’s prior preparedness for a pandemic
- The development of treatments and vaccines
- The impact on the social care sector
For full submission click here.
Date: June 10, 2021