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Greg Falconer retweeted
Not only have we failed to move forward in technological innovation, we may even be going backwards. Tim Harford asks what we can learn from the pandemic about technology, and what the history of technology teaches about the pandemic ft.com/content/70cace2c-1bec…
Greg Falconer retweeted
We recommended that the Government set out a clear approach for managing the risks around asymptomatic transmission of the disease.
Greg Falconer retweeted
👇A vital message from @JeremyFarrar @wellcometrust We must say “no” to vaccine nationalism. “A fragmented approach will not succeed in an interconnected world. It will only prolong the current situation” telegraph.co.uk/global-healt…
Greg Falconer retweeted
Any Covid-19 vaccine must be treated as a global public good on.ft.com/3dB8lEu
Kudos to @UKRI_News comms team for their #thisisimpact campaign, which joins up research success stories across the councils.
Simple and effective, it powerfully makes the case for public R&D investment by focusing on outcomes, not inputs
Meanwhile, @CEPIvaccines continue their good work.
We're extending our collaboration with Novavax to advance their #COVID19 vaccine🤝
This is our single biggest investment to date, with the additional funding supporting Phase 1 and 2 trials and large-scale vaccine manufacture 🔬
👉 bit.ly/35RXljx
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An important piece from @Beth_Thompson. UK science & innovation policy will need a rethink post-COVID-19. Now is the time to start a proper debate about R&D's purpose, what universities are for, how countries come together, and how we pay for it all.
wonkhe.com/blogs/a-bold-plan…
Supercomputers tend to be useful bits of kit - from creating digital twins and long-term weather forecasts to - as is the case in this @OpenAccessGov piece - sifting for potential COVID-19 treatments.
Several #drugs used for curing #Hepatitis C have been identified as potential candidates to treat #COVID19, according to #research conducted using the MOGON II supercomputer at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz bit.ly/3dfa2Yb
#treatment #cure
Have been wondering about asymptomatic transmission. If a significant proportion (20%?) of people never know they had covid-19, how can eg contact tracing (apps or otherwise) reliably keep us safe?
"Asymptomatic transmission may be an important feature of this illness" @uksciencechief tells @Jeremy_Hunt committee (ie it is likely that we infect others a day or two before we get symptoms or even when we get no symptoms at all). Which begs the hugely important question...
Brilliant piece (again) from @jemimajoanna @FTAlphaville
Is it acceptable for government to be dishonest at a time like this? ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/… via @FinancialTimes
“The driving idea behind the summit, pushed by the Gates Foundation, is that an alliance is needed not just to coordinate research for a vaccine, but also for therapies and testing.”
Great from @JeremyFarrar and team. Thankful UK govt is involved
theguardian.com/world/2020/m…
Excellent thread on targets from @BoswellPol
Excellent from @mattburgess1
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Worth noting the hard (and presumably remote) work done by @innovateuk @UKRI_News @beisgovuk teams to turn this around so quickly @SJSEdmonds @IanWCampbell
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The best piece I’ve seen on lockdown trade-offs. Excellent from @jemimajoanna
H/t @ruskin147
A great weekend read from
@jemimajoanna
exploring the ethical dilemma now facing the world regarding lockdowns. ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/…
And so it should @ScottCorfe - 'who pays?' will quickly become one of the biggest political questions of our time. Especially given the young have suffered triple whammy of 2008 / Brexit / COVID-19
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Another bit of excellent progress this week (along with pharma getting its act together on vaccine manufacturing). Feels to me the treatment ‘exit strategy’ is among the most realistic given long time frames for vaccine development.
Make COVID-19 less lethal -> End lockdown
Hope we can learn from rapid set up of this Covid-19 trial
💬 @MartinLandray
“it tells you... what can happen when everybody is incentivised to make stuff happen as opposed to dither, delay or feelings that they will get into trouble if they say no,”
theguardian.com/world/2020/a…
Greg Falconer retweeted
The UN specialised agencies like the #WHO are a unique asset because of their global membership and the breadth of economic and social issues they cover. They can help the world with a broad-gauge response to this crisis, and to foresee the next one, if they are strengthened now!
Halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds. Their work is slowing the spread of COVID-19 and if that work is stopped no other organization can replace them. The world needs @WHO now more than ever.
Greg Falconer retweeted
Interesting discussion of science advice on UK for all you STS fans out there.
The battle at the heart of British science over Coronavirus on.ft.com/2Vd40RL
Really enjoying closing my eyes and letting @bbctms teleport me back to last year’s magical summer. #bbccricket
Ouch!
After a brief helmet check, Ben Stokes is fine to carry on.
England get their first run of the day!
England 157/3
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