Title: Zero Covid #covidunknowns
Overview:
Zero covid is a contested term. The COVID-Zero initiative aims to achieve zero deaths, zero new cases and zero lockdowns as soon as possible. In this webinar we explore what zero covid means, whether it is even possible and the different routes and paths countries are taking to manage the pandemic and possible futures.
Programme:
16:00 Welcome - Fiona Godlee (The BMJ). MC: Phil Hammond (Private Eye)
16:05 Strategies for ID control - Chair: TBC
16:20 For and against zero covid/elimination - Chair: TBC. Christina Pagel (UCL), John Ioannidis (Stanford University)
16:40 Country case studies - Chair: Allyson Pollock, Newcastle University. Michael Baker (University of Otago) on a New Zealand case study; Camilla Stoltenberg (Norwegian Institute of Public Health) on a Norway case study; Chang-yup Kim (Seoul National University) on a Korea/Japan/Taiwan case study; Stefan Beral (John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) on a Canada/USA case study
17:25 Zero covid: implications for childhood vaccination - Chair- TBC. Jennie Lavine (Emory University)
17:30 Possible futures for the UK - Chair: Fiona Godlee. Deepti Gurdasani (QMUL); George Davey Smith (University of Bristol)
15:45 Discussion/Q&A - Chair: Phil Hammond
18:00 Close
This webinar is part of an series, to find details of this and future events, please visit the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Website.
We welcome all participants, including from academia, government, policy makers, third sector organisations and the general public. To attend, please register at the Zoom registration link.