Medical advice and politicians

Covid not deadly enough to fast-track vaccines, Chris Whitty advised ministers Chief Medical Officer gave opinion in February 2020 after Dominic Cummings mentioned Israel was planning to inoculate population Prof Sir Chris Whitty told Matt Hancock Diseases with a mortality rate in the range of 1% would need a “very safe” vaccine the necessary clinical trials would be a “rate limiting step”. May 2021 Mr Cummings Told a Covid group of MPs “unarguable” that the vaccine trials process should have happened more quickly. Taken “literally hours” for a vaccine to be invented in January 2020 Government should have recruited 5,000-10,000 for human challenge trials (Human challenge trials started in January 2021) Preparing for a successful spring 2023 COVID-19 booster campaign