When I first interviewed Devi Sridhar on 22 October, she told me that England’s rising hospitalisation rate made a new national lockdown “inevitable”. Nine days later (31 October), in a remarkable volte-face, Boris Johnson duly announced a second lockdown. Following the Prime Minister’s announcement, I spoke once more to Sridhar (professor and chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh) to get her response.
Were you surprised by how quickly the government U-turned?
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