'The seasons are against us': what we learned from UK's top Covid scientists

Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty's briefing predicted an autumn of rising deaths and difficult lockdown choices

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The UK government's most senior scientists, England's chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, and the chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, have given a televised briefing about the recent increases in coronavirus cases, and what to expect - unusually, doing so without a politician there as well. Here is what we learned.