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ABOUT THE MOTION: TH Backs Global Governments' Lockdowns
Across the world, many governments have taken aggressive action in recent weeks to curtail freedom of movement and enforce social distancing in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Starting in Hubei in January, billions of people have been impacted by both the virus and these downstream effects. For the first debate of this unprecedented online-only Easter term at the Cambridge Union, join us to discuss the effectiveness and ethics of these lockdown measures.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
PROPOSITION
Dr John Edmunds OBE
Dr John Edmunds is a Professor in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Dr Christl Donnelly FRS CBE
Dr Christl Donnelly is a Professor of Statistical Epidemiology at Imperial College London and a Fellow of St Peters, Oxford.
Dr Karol Sikora
Dr Karol Sikora is an oncologist and Dean of Medicine at the University of Buckingham. He is a graduate of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Dr Paul Hunter
Dr Paul Hunter is Professor in Medicine at the University of East Anglia.
OPPOSITION
Dr Anders Tegnell
Dr Anders Tegnell is the State Epidemiologist of the Swedish Public Health Agency where he leads the government’s response to the pandemic.
Peter Hitchens
Peter Hitchens is a journalist who writes for The Mail on Sunday.
Dr Leonid Eidelman
Dr Leonid Eidelman is the Chair of the Division of Anesthesia and Intensive Care at Tel Aviv University and has served as President of both the Israeli Medical Association and the World Medical Association.
Dr Mushfiq Mobarak
Dr Mushfiq Mobarak is a development economist and Professor at Yale University.
ABOUT THE CAMBRIDGE UNION: From its small beginnings as a debating society, the Cambridge Union is the oldest debating society in the world and the largest student society in Cambridge. The Union remains a unique forum for the free exchange of ideas and the art of public debate.
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