Dr. Martin Abbass
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We've got significant brains in the room already, but we need more and ones that accept the actual phenomenon, accept the potential so that we can then move it forward.
So I think that would be over the next sort of six months, if we could get something like that happening, even a conference just to convene where people are willing to discuss it, then that will be a good outcome for me.
But John, any other thoughts?
Yeah, I mean, I think it's a great positive.
We need an external group potentially from governments that people can believe, particularly if there's that phenomenon about the governments not being believed.
I think the UK should have their own unit, a SAGE-like team that we had in COVID.
Because it doesn't always translate what goes on in America comes here.
We are culturally different, economically different.
We have different setups.
Our health systems are different.
So I think we almost certainly have to have a British version as well.
So I look forward to being on that board if someone asks me.
But certainly it's in our paper.
We do cite that we would want such a thing.
to happen.
So it's just another one of the examples of our preparedness plan response.
I suggest people go and have a look at it.
It's a really excellent read.
Lots of citations, lots of science behind it.
A serious number of individuals wrote it.