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#Book: Spike - The Virus vs The People - #TheInsideStory | @JeremyFarrar @anjahuja | @ProfileBooks bit.ly/3CzqdwY #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #UK #UKGovernment #SAGE #RecommendedRead 
Jeremy Farrar recounts: Even if the [SAGE] minutes were hazy, I believe that Patrick [Vallance] and Chris [Whitty] took a clear message into Number 10 after that Friday 13 March SAGE meeting: measures had to start immediately.
Meanwhile, my email to Patrick and Chris on Saturday 14 March 2020 tried to capture very explicitly what was hampering the UK’s ability to respond.
First, the state of public health at the time a country enters a crisis is crucial.
First, the state of public health at the time a country enters a crisis is crucial.
#Book: Spike - The Virus vs The People - #TheInsideStory | @JeremyFarrar @anjahuja | @ProfileBooks bit.ly/3CzqdwY #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #UK #UKGovernment #SAGE #RecommendedRead
1/ "On 18 February [2020], it was minuted [at the SAGE meeting] that Public Health England could perhaps cope with five coronavirus cases a week, generating 800 contacts that would need tracing.
2/ That could be scaled up to 50 cases a week and 8,000 contacts - but, if sustained transmission took off, contact tracing would become unviable.
