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Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 14: Britain's Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Whitty (L), Britain's Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance (C) and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) walk towards the door of number 9, Downing Street ahead of a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room on September 14, 2021 in London, England. The prime minister's briefing was preceded by his health secretary's appearance before the House of Commons, in which he laid out the country's strategies for managing the pandemic through the autumn and winter. (Photo by Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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Article thumbnail: (FILES) Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference to update the nation on the status of the Covid-19 pandemic, in the Downing Street briefing room in central London on January 4, 2022. An enquiry probing the UK government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic kicks off Tuesday with the investigation mired in controversy even before the first witness is called. The UK suffered one of the worst Covid-19 death tolls in Europe with over 128,500 deaths recorded by mid-July 2021. (Photo by JACK HILL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JACK HILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Article thumbnail: Barman wearing a face mask filling beer glass with ale from the beer tap inside a bar counter (Photo: Getty)
Article thumbnail: Barman wearing a face mask filling beer glass with ale from the beer tap inside a bar counter (Photo: Getty)
Article thumbnail: A family hug as they look at names on the National COVID Memorial wall in London, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Tuesday marks the one year anniversary of the creation of the Memorial, and bereaved families will be traveling to the wall from across the country to mark the day, with a petition to make the wall a permanent memorial. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Article thumbnail: A family hug as they look at names on the National COVID Memorial wall in London, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Tuesday marks the one year anniversary of the creation of the Memorial, and bereaved families will be traveling to the wall from across the country to mark the day, with a petition to make the wall a permanent memorial. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Article thumbnail: It feels like the end of an era. No more slides with barely decipherable graphs from Sir Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer (Tolga Akmen/Pool via AP)
Article thumbnail: It feels like the end of an era. No more slides with barely decipherable graphs from Sir Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer (Tolga Akmen/Pool via AP)
Article thumbnail: It reflects a disconnect between scientists and public health officials working on the Covid response
Article thumbnail: It reflects a disconnect between scientists and public health officials working on the Covid response