The interruption of education during COVID-19 lockdowns “damaged a generation,” England’s former Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dame Sally Davies has said.
Giving evidence to the COVID-19 Inquiry on Tuesday, Davies, who is now the master of Trinity College, Cambridge, said education “has a terrific amount of work to do” to mitigate the impact on children and students.
Davis was England’s CMO between March 2011 and September 2019, months before SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spread worldwide.
Answering questions on pandemic resilience and preparedness, the first module of the COVID-19 Inquiry that’s expected to last three years, Davis said it was “clear” no one had thought about lockdowns….