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WHO calls for moratorium on boosters - expert comment

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:59:05 GMT

Global health ethics expert Dr Sharifah Sekalala from Warwick Law School comments on the WHO's call for a moratorium on administering booster jabs of Covid-19 vaccines as a way to help ensure that doses are available in countries where few people have received their first dose.

Chancellor makes the case for the office - expert comment

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:51:56 GMT

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak MP has urged firms not to give up on the office, highlighting the challenges for those new in role of getting to know their peers, picking up the culture of an organisation, or finding mentors if they are working exclusively from home. Dr Erika Kispeter, Senior Research Fellow, Warwick Institute for Employment Research, outlines what research has found on these issues.

Expert comment - G7 discusses vaccine donation scheme

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:39:00 GMT

"The move of G7 countries to donate surplus vaccines is a welcome one but it doesn’t go far enough - it is imperative that G7 countries step up their human rights obligations and join the COVAX scheme if we are to defeat this global pandemic." Global health ethics expert Dr Sharifah Sekalala comments on the Prime Minister's plan.

Vaccine rollout biggest in UK history - Expert comment

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:40:00 GMT

"COVID-19 presents a unique challenge not seen outside of specific epidemics such as smallpox. Like with smallpox, the vaccine needs to reach everyone, and as quickly as possible", says Dr Gareth Millward.

Expert comment - new Brazilian variant of COVID-19

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:55:37 GMT

"We need to carefully monitor immune responses in individuals infected with these variants." Professor Lawrence S. Young, Virologist and Professor of Molecular Oncology, comments on new variants of the coronavirus and whether they will be less affected by the vaccines.

Changes to the Jobs Support System - expert comment

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:34:26 GMT

"It is still more about dousing the fires than thinking about how to rebuild the damaged house." Professor Chris Warhurst, Director of the Warwick Institute for Employment Research, comments on the Chancellor's revisions to the Job Support Scheme.

Locking down Leicester - Expert Comment

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:53:00 GMT

"Lockdowns in democracies have always been about trust. In order for localised lockdowns to be effective, it is important to know what the public health threshold is for creating a localised lockdown so that communities don’t feel that they are being disproportionately impacted." Dr Sharifah Sekalala comments on the potential challenges of a Leicester lockdown.

Pubs reopening - expert comment from historian

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:30:22 GMT

Beat Kümin, Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Warwick, comments on the role pubs play in community.

"Unprecedented times call for unprecedented policy responses" - Professor Abhinay Muthoo comments on the GDP drop

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:27:29 GMT

"This is unprecedented in living memory. It is hugely tragic in so many ways but especially in terms of what it has meant and means for many people’s livelihoods and for many businesses." Professor Abhinay Muthoo, Dean of Warwick in London, comments on the news that output in the UK fell by 20.4 per cent in April compared with the previous month.

Expert comment: President Trump increasingly frustrating his medical and scientific advisers

Tue, 19 May 2020 14:34:00 GMT

Dr Trevor McCrisken comments on Donald Trump taking medication against public health advice and his ultimatum to the WHO.