Dear Colleagues,  

On 15th March we wrote a letter in the Times (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-modelling-must-be-made-clear-3zcl7x578):

"Our country’s public health response to Covid-19 is demonstrably different to most other countries’ responses globally and in Europe. As the government has outlined, it is imperative to delay and ‘flatten’ the epidemic curve to ensure the NHS can cope. This is particularly essential for the UK, which according to OECD data, has 2.5 hospital beds per 1,000 population--behind Italy (3.2), France (6.0) and the USA (2.8). There is also no clear indication that the UK’s response is being informed by experiences of other countries in containing the spread of Covid-19. For the above reasons, we request that the government urgently and openly shares the scientific evidence, data and models it is using to inform its decisions on the Covid-19 public health interventions in the UK. This transparency is essential to retain the scientific community, healthcare community, and the public’s understanding, cooperation and trust".

Dr Richard Horton (Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet), Dr Nisreen Alwan (Associate Professor in Public Health, University of Southampton), Dr Miriam Orcutt (Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Global Health, University College London), Professor Devi Sridhar (Chair of Global Public Health, University of Edinburgh), Dr Anne Wilson (Lecturer in Epidemiology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Dr Peter Tennant (University Academic Fellow in Health Data Science, University of Leeds)

If you are a public health specialist, epidemiologist, scientist in a relevant field or healthcare professional & would like to publicly support this letter, please add your name, specialty and affiliation below.

Signatories (total of 686 as of 12:00, 18 March 2020, 100 listed here, see full list of signatories here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DSG8DDavfxRGxXGwSy_m6jdBGFHwej-2mYMYGuzp4hc/edit#gid=839997583):
George Davey Smith, Epidemiology, University of Bristol; Andrew Lee, Global Public Health, University of Sheffield; Tim Lucas, Tropical health epidemiology, University of Oxford; Prof Chris Jiggins, Evolutionary biologist, University of Cambridge; Carina King, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, UCL; Alistair Miles, Infectious disease Genomics, University of Oxford; Amy Downing, Epidemiologist, University of Leeds; Tim Colbourn,  Epidemiology, UCL Institute for Global Health; Paul Norman, Population & health geography, University of Leeds; Katherine Keenan, Epidemiology, University of St Andrews; Joseph Delaney, Pharmacy, University of Manitoba; Alice Reid, Obstetrics; Dr. Jo-anne Veltman, Paediatrics, NHS worker (doctor);  M Farhad Peerally, Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine, University of Leicester; Vincent O'Connor, University Academic, University of Southampton; Amrit Sachar, Liaison psychiatrist, West London NHS trust; Dr Meinir Jones, General Practice, Hywel Dda University Health Board;  Michael Schlussel, Medical Statistician, University of Oxford; Ronan Doyle, Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Ruth Lamb, Neurology, Barts Health NHS trust;  Graziella Quattrocchi, Consultant Neurologist, University Hospital Lewisham; Dr Frances MacGuire, Public Health, University College London; Dr Isabela Bertoni, Renal Medicine, NHS; Clotilde Torregrossa, Philosophy, University of St Andrews; Nicki Weston, Critical Care, NHS; Dimitris Pinotsisne, Neuroscience, University of London; Manuela Savino, Nephrology, NHS Bristol and UK Renal Registry; Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle, Public Health, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health; Sharon Olsen, Psychological therapist, NHS; Rachel Nicholls, Health worker, Spire Hospital; Danni Kirwan, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of London; Sara Habjan, Cardiology and Vascular Medicine; Dr Louise Ainley, General Practitioner, NHS; Samuel Smith, Behavioural science, University of Leeds; Arthur Wyns, Climate change advisor, World Health Organization (WHO); Dr Paolo Gallipoli, Haemato-oncology, Barts Cancer Institute - Queen Mary University London; Holger Auner, Haematology, Imperial College London; Dr Robin Walters, Genetic Epidemiology, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford; Dr Tom Nadarzynski, Health Service Research, University of Westminster; Simon Couvreur, Bio-engineering, Epidemiology, King's College London; Sharmilee Gnanapavan, Neurology, Barts Health; Melissa Birchsll, Palliative Care Matron, Swansea Bay University Health Board; Rute Duarte, Hospital pharmacist; Luis Martinez, Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Professor Paolo Muraro, Neurology, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Imperial College London Healthcare NHS Trust; Dr Ivona Tylova, Consultant Neurologist, ABN; Neora Alterman, Perinatal Epidemiology, University of Oxford; Elaine Brockley, Student Nurse, NHS; Andrea English, Advanced Nurse Practitioner -primary care, RCN;; Holger Auner, Haematology, Imperial College London; Dr. Deepti Gurdasani, Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Queen Mary University of London; Ana Margarida Carrilho Romeiro, Neurology, Queens Hospital, BHRUT NHS Trust; Achyuta Nori, Genitourinary & HIV Medicine; Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; Shane Delamont , Neurology, King’s College Hospital; Dr Miriam Mattoscio, Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, BHRUT NHS Trust and Imperial College London; Pierpaolo pellicori, Cardiology, University of Glasgow; Dr Lisa Murphy, Public Health, Public Health England; Stuart Grern, NHS Manager, NHS; J chahal, Orthopaedics; Dario Trapani, MD, Medical Oncology and Cancer polic, European institute of oncology, IRCCS, Milan, IT; Dr. Maddalena Comini, Research Fellow in Neurophysiology, University of Oxford; Rasa Davidaviciute, PhD student, University of St Andrews; Cathy Ellis, Neurology, Darent Valley Hospital; Dr Muhammad Javed Iqbal Khan, Cardiology, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde; Ruth Geraldes, Neurology; Gonçalo Graça, Research Associate, Imperial College London; Andrea Oliani, Philosophy, University of St Andrews; Lixiao Lin, Philosophy, University of St Andrews; Brian Leung, Microbiology, Imperial College London; Genoveffa Berardi, Oncology; Dr Danny Wong, Anaesthetics, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals; Dr Laura Comgi, Rheumatology, Homerton; Luigi Margiotta-Casaluci, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Brunel University London; Marco Ranzani, Cancer Research and drug discovery, Artios Pharma; Kasia Bera, Surgey, NHS; Thomas Riley, Anaesthetic Clinical Fellow, NHS; Chris Bartlett, Former Editor-in-Chief of Medicine Magazine; Stefano Sansone, Gastroenterology, Nottingham University Hospital, Danilo Basili, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Toxicology, University of Cambridge; Anna Vella, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford, Department of Oncology; Francesca Maria Golia, Embriologa, Napoli Federico II; Stefania Rosmini, Consultant Cardiologist, King's College NHS Trust; Charleen D. Adams, Epidemiology, City of Hope; Pierpaolo Cavallo, Public Health, University of Salerno, Italy; Iván del Barco Barrantes, Senior Scientist, Astrazeneca; Kofo Macgregor Gauthier, Pharmacology, School of pharmacy graduate; Loriana Mascali, Adaptive Immunology, VIB/KULEUVEN; Martina Spazzapan, Foundation Year 1 doctor, Homerton University Hospital;  Rummana Begum, Dentist, NHS; Antonio Garcia-Trinidad, Oncology, AstraZeneca Pharma; Christin Henein, Ophthalmology , University College London; Maria Teresa Catanese, Virology, Nouscom; Franco Sassi, International Health Policy and Economics, Imperial College Business School; Andrea Crescenzi, Researcher, ISGI-CNR; Kerrie Farrar, Host-microbe interactions, Aberystwyth University; Dr Jessica Watson, GP and Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Bristol;