How do we learn to live with Covid? - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Plan B Covid restrictions in England have ended and the government says we must learn to live with Covid. But what does that actually mean and how sustainable is that position?

In this programme we will ask how our understanding of Covid’s newest variant, Omicron, has evolved since Plan B restrictions were first imposed 7 weeks ago. To what extent might flu provide a model for how we live with Covid? And how will our hospitals cope with the strain as restrictions within wider society are eased?David Aaronovitch is joined by:

Azra Ghani, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, LondonSaffron Cordery, Deputy Chief Executive of NHS Providers
Lesley Powls, Head of Clinical Site&Emergency Planning, King's College Hospital
Emma Thomson, Professor of infectious diseases at the University of Glasgow Centre for Virus ResearchLinda Bauld, Professor of public health at Edinburgh University

Producers: Rosamund Jones, Kirsteen Knight and Ben CarterStudio manager: Neil Churchill
Production co-ordinators: Sophie Hill and Siobhan ReedEditor: Richard Vadon

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