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SPI-B: Public disorder and public health - contemporary threats and risks, 2 July 2020

Paper prepared by the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B) policing and security sub-group.

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SPI-B: Public disorder and public health - contemporary threats and risks, 2 July 2020

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Paper by the SPI-B policing and security sub-group on contemporary threats and risks. It was considered at SAGE 45 on 2 July 2020.

It should be viewed in context: the paper was the best assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. The picture is developing rapidly and, as new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.

Therefore, some of the information in this paper may have been superseded and the author’s opinion or conclusion may since have developed.

These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.

Published 31 July 2020
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