{"id":115976,"date":"2023-11-08T18:01:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ex-head-of-civil-service-apologises-for-proposing-chickenpox-party-approach-to-covid\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T18:01:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:01:04","slug":"ex-head-of-civil-service-apologises-for-proposing-chickenpox-party-approach-to-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ex-head-of-civil-service-apologises-for-proposing-chickenpox-party-approach-to-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex head of civil service apologises for proposing &#8216;chickenpox party&#8217; approach to Covid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/cJZMP2BX0qQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Ex head of civil service apologises for proposing 'chickenpox party' approach to Covid\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cJZMP2BX0qQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The former cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill apologised for implying a chickenpox party approach might work for mitigating the impact of Covid on public health.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba http:\/\/bit.ly\/guardianwiressub<\/p>\n<p>According to Dominic Cummings, Sedwill told Johnson: &#8216;PM, you should go on TV and should explain that this is like the old days with chickenpox, and people are going to have chickenpox parties. And the sooner a lot of people get this and get it over with the better, sort of thing.&#8217; Sedwill said: &#8216;I understand how, in particular, the interpretation that has been put on it, it must have come across as someone in my role was both heartless and thoughtless about this, and I genuinely am neither&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. 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