🚨Dame Kate Bingham🚨
Dubbed the "hero in a pink jacket 💕"
On Evusheld:
"I felt very strongly [.]. We were following a very clear 2 tier strategy where the CV immunocompromised were being deprioritised [.] I felt that was *manifestly* wrong both ethically and morally [.]"
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Dubbed the "hero in a pink jacket 💕"
On Evusheld:
"I felt very strongly [.]. We were following a very clear 2 tier strategy where the CV immunocompromised were being deprioritised [.] I felt that was *manifestly* wrong both ethically and morally [.]"
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Comments
KB "So actually, the first goal was around protecting the UK population."
CTI [Hugo Keith KC]
"Do you think you succeeded on securing or making available those monoclonal antibodies?"
KB "No!"
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KB "We don't have that level of capability or long-term thinking in government."
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KB "It was quite clear that there was 'open warfare' between BEIS [Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy] and the Department for Health"
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KB "Correct"
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"It was part of our original mandate."
"to protect all those people *including* the immunocompromised."
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Wondering if JVT may have changed his view since yesterday?