Jonathan Van-Tam
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Search complete. 4 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Jonathan Van-Tam".
Sep 30, 2026
Series 3 Episode 9 Sleep, Insects, thirst and Uncertainty
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68:20David SpiegelhalterGUEST
And where we tried to put that into practice in April 2021, remember the COVID AstraZeneca vaccine associated with these nasty blood clots.
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68:29David SpiegelhalterGUEST
And we, with two days notice, were given all the data and asked to produce, to help Jonathan Van Tam explain that on the Wednesday to the BBC.
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68:39David SpiegelhalterGUEST
I've never worked so hard in my life with John Astin and Alex Freeman.
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68:43David SpiegelhalterGUEST
We worked so hard and that's what we produced.
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69:59David SpiegelhalterGUEST
For younger people, no, this is finely balanced.
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70:02David SpiegelhalterGUEST
This is no, you should not give vaccines in that situation where it's so finely balanced.
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70:08David SpiegelhalterGUEST
So Jonathan Van Tam put that up on BBC and said, we're not recommending the vaccine to younger people anymore, to under 30s.
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70:15David SpiegelhalterGUEST
Data raised it to under 40s.
Jamie Andrews
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30:32Jamie AndrewsGUEST
You know, if you want to really viscerally understand that the lab, um, leak thing that they don't make viruses in, in, in labs.
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30:40Jamie AndrewsGUEST
They took it, uh, Jonathan Van Tam for some time, the, um, uh, uh, chief medical officer, uh, whose grandfather was a, um, uh, eugenicist in, um, Cambodia.
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30:53Jamie AndrewsGUEST
Was it, I think, um, yeah, Vietnam.
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30:56Jamie AndrewsGUEST
That's right.
Jamie Andrews
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30:32Jamie AndrewsGUEST
You know, if you want to really viscerally und-understand the, the lab, um- Leak thing that they don't make viruses in, in, in labs.
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30:40Jamie AndrewsGUEST
They took it, uh, Jonathan Van Tam, for some time the, um, uh, uh, uh, chief medical officer, uh, whose grandfather was a, um, a eugenicist in, um, Cambodia was it, I think.
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30:54Jamie AndrewsGUEST
Um, he-
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30:56James DelingpoleHOST
Or Vietnam.