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On the 16th February 2021 we held the online launch of of our latest briefing  ‘Health Versus Wealth? UK Economic Policy and Public Health During COVID-19’.  The briefing considers how a false dichotomy between public health and economic wealth has contributed to the pandemic taking such a tragic course in the UK. It also considers how cuts to essential health and social services over decades and decades have torn at the social fabric of our communities ─ and what can be done right now to mend this fabric and build up our social immunity.   We heard from a panel of experts on the subject, including:   • Professor Christina Pagel, Professor of Operational Research at University College London and member of Independent Sage • Christine Berry, trustee of Rethinking Economics, fellow of the Democracy collab and contributing editor of Renewal journal • Dr Monica Sharman, an NHS junior doctor based in Yorkshire & Humber , Medact member and co-author of the briefing • Daniel Carter, Research