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Jeremy Farrar
@JeremyFarrar
Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Care Assistant Director General WHO
Switzerland
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    Jeremy Farrar
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    May 29, 2020
    Covid-19 spreading too fast to lift lockdown in England. Agree with John & clear science advice. TTI has to be in place, fully working, capable dealing any surge immediately, locally responsive, rapid results & infection rates have to be lower. And trusted
    Covid-19 spreading too fast to lift lockdown in England – Sage advisers
    From theguardian.com
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    Jeremy Farrar
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    Mar 16, 2020
    Human vaccine #COVID19 dose to its 1st participant. Group 45 healthy volunteers to be given the vaccine. <70 days since virus sequence released - Remarkable. A long long way to go until there is a vaccine for public health. A moment to celebrate @moderna_tx @NIH @CEPIvaccines
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    Jeremy Farrar
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    May 26, 2021
    Sent to a friend March 2020
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    Jeremy Farrar
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    Sep 7, 2020
    Vaccine nationalism will not solve #COVID19 for anyone. #Covid19 vaccines must first reach the people who need them most worldwide - healthcare workers & vulnerable at risk individuals. It’s in all our best interest. @ObserverUK @wellcometrust
    Let’s get real. No vaccine will work as if by magic, returning us to ‘normal’ | Jeremy Farrar
    From theguardian.com
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    Jeremy Farrar
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    Jan 20, 2022
    There has been a lot of comment on 'in hospital with or because of COVID-19". It is a false dichotomy. Patients are not a single illness or disease, health & illness are not categorical.Having one condition,invariably influences outcome of other conditions.Multi-morbidity is real
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    Jeremy Farrar
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    Jul 21, 2020
    It is discomforting that most people still underestimate true impact of #Covid19. Immediate effects are so shocking that we are all caught up in them.But longer-term implications may be more profound still. If we are not careful, they will shake the world order to its foundations
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    Jeremy Farrar
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    Nov 1, 2020
    Australia records zero Covid-19 cases for first time in five months - it can be done.
    Trader arranges products in store in Melbourne on 29 October 2020
    Australia records zero Covid-19 cases for first time in five months
    From bbc.co.uk
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    Jeremy Farrar
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    Dec 22, 2020
    Headline is awful. UK identified new variant SARS-CoV-2, variant with potential public health & clinical implications & shared that data within UK & with the world. By doing so will have saved many lives. Responsible urgent open sharing of scientific data.
    dailymail.com
    UK shot itself in the foot being the 'best' at sequencing viruses
    If it wasn't for the Covid-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium, hailed as the 'best genomic sequencing programme in the world', the new strain would have likely slipped under the radar.
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    Jeremy Farrar
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    Nov 30, 2021
    Omicron was in the Netherlands before South Africa alerted the world - we may never know where it originated, another reason to underline the importance of not laying blame & seeking to punish
    Omicron was in the Netherlands BEFORE South Africa alerted the world
    From dailymail.com
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    Jeremy Farrar
    @JeremyFarrar
    Nov 25, 2021
    Replying to @JeremyFarrar
    South Africa needs to be praised, offered whatever support is needed & acknowledged for the quality & speed of the public health & genomic science in SA, sharing the data immediately, supporting the region & the world. Not criticised, have sanctions or other restrictions imposed
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    Jeremy Farrar
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    Feb 11, 2022
    Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case
    Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case
    From nature.com
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    Jeremy Farrar
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    Oct 13, 2020
    Thanks for invitation @BBCRadio4 World Tonight. No easy choices in the UK now, every choice has very significant negative consequences. But delay before implementation is a decisions in itself & will make later interventions harder & need to be deeper & in place for longer.
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    Jeremy Farrar
    @JeremyFarrar
    Apr 26, 2021
    Tragic every perspective. A safe effective vaccine, developed with public, private & philanthropic funding over years, a founder & company committed to not for profit vaccine, that can be manufactured at scale & used globally now subject to legal actions
    A medical worker prepares a dose of Oxford/AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Antwerp, Belgium March 18, 2021
    Coronavirus: EU sues AstraZeneca over vaccine delivery delays
    From bbc.co.uk
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    Jeremy Farrar
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    Oct 9, 2020
    The tragedy is how predictable this has been since at least early July. It was not inevitable. It is not inevitable now that this worsens, but to avoid spiralling out of control needs to be action now. We are close to or at events & choices of 13-23 March.
    Hospitals in north of England 'to run out of Covid beds within a week'
    From theguardian.com