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COVID-19 Recovery Committee


COVID-19: communication of public health information

Background

The Covid-19 Recovery Committee undertook an inquiry into COVID-19: communication of public health information. 

The inquiry had the following aims: 

To understand the challenges, including the existence of any misinformation and disinformation, faced by government in communicating public health messages in the pandemic to date and to consider what could be done by government to tackle these issues going forward;

To consider whether public health information about COVID-19 is accessible to and meets the needs of specific audiences going forward, including people in the shielding category and communities where there has been below average uptake in vaccination to date;

To understand how scientific information about personal health risks and risks to wider society can be best used to inform decision-making and public health messaging.

Informal fact-finding event

Ahead of our evidence sessions the Committee held an informal event with Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on Thursday, 19 May 2022.

Oral evidence 

The Committee took evidence on this inquiry during the following sessions;

26 May 2022
23 June 2022
30 June 2022

Correspondence


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