COVID-19: ANOTHER APPEARANCE ON THE BBC

In the last few weeks I have appeared live on BBC Radio Oxford's "Breakfast Club" several times, interviewed by Sony Award-winning presenter David Prever.

You can listen to these broadcasts for 29 days after the day of each broadcast, as follows: 

(1) THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER 2020

Talking about what the local Councils can do to help businesses adhere to Covid Secure laws and guidance, and the parallels of the new Council teams with air-raid wardens of World War 2.  Starting 3hr21.

I had also hoped to get on to talking about what the UK Government can do, with a short, sharp massive Mass-Sim Self-Isolation.  Changing the course of COVID-19 for the winter.

(2) WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2020

Talking about 'false alerts' using the new NHS COVID-19 App. The whole feature started 3hr6:15 and I was the second speaker after 3hr10. 

This was raising points in this subsequent blogpost:

COVID-19: TALKING ABOUT THE NEW NHS COVID-19 APP

(3) WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2020

Talking about whether PM Johnson had done enough in the measures announced the day before, starting 3hr20

This was then discussed further in this blogpost:

COVID-19: HAS PM JOHNSON DONE ENOUGH?    

The discussion on 'what I would do if I was PM' was unexpected, and my response was what I would have suggested over the summer when daily "new confirmed cases" were below 1000.  

Now the rate is far higher, a more aggressive approach would be needed to get to #NearZero.  The approach came to me a few days after this broadcast.  But this idea has the advantage that it should require an even shorter "Mass Simultaneous Self-Isolation" explained in this blogpost:

COVID-19: NOW HERE'S AN IDEA

  

(4) FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2020

Talking about the impending "Rule of 6", and its impact on families with four children and amateur musical groups, starting at 3:25:30

Here's the relevant blogpost:

COVID-19: 'RULE OF 6', 'OPERATION MOONSHOT' AND MORE