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Next slide, please: The enigmatic Chris Whitty

Next slide, please: The enigmatic Chris Whitty

As the pandemic was changing all of our lives, the most private of men was forced into the pressure cooker of public life, facing increasing public harassment. Sixteen months on, how well do any of us really know the doctor charged with keeping the cou...

The Story · The Times

July 1, 202127m 27s

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Show Notes

As the pandemic was changing all of our lives, the most private of men was forced into the pressure cooker of public life, facing increasing public harassment. Sixteen months on, how well do any of us really know the doctor charged with keeping the country safe?


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Guests: 

-Ben Spencer, science editor, The Sunday Times.

-Professor David Mabey, friend and former colleague of Chris Whitty.

-Professor John Ashton, former president of the Faculty of Public Health and author of 'Blinded by Corona: How the Pandemic Ruined Britain's Health and Wealth'.


Host: Manveen Rana.


Clips: BBC Radio 4, BBC News, ITV, Sky News, 5 News, Euronews, Royal Society of Medicine, Gresham College, Nerys And The Soul Traders on YouTube, Darren Dutton on YouTube.

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