Press note: 21 October 2021
Tuesday 26 October: 6.00pm to 7.45pm – Livestream
At this year’s RSM Dangoor lecture, Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter will explore how statistical evidence has been communicated during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the extent to which it was intended to persuade rather than inform.
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Wednesday 27 October: 6.00pm to 7.30pm – Livestream
The unique contribution made by Leonardo da Vinci to the understanding of human anatomy, and how this can be applied to contemporary clinical practice, will be explored during this event by brothers Professor Michel Farthing, academic physician, and Professor Stephen Farthing, artist and art historian.
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Thursday 28 October: 12.30pm to 1.15pm – Webinar
The guest at this webinar will be the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee. Under discussion will be the report published last week on the government’s COVID-19 response, public criticism of scientific advisers and their protection, and GP funding this winter.
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