{"id":118482,"date":"2023-11-21T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/covid-inquiry-live-professor-sir-chris-whitty-gives-evidence\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T12:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T12:00:43","slug":"covid-inquiry-live-professor-sir-chris-whitty-gives-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/covid-inquiry-live-professor-sir-chris-whitty-gives-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Inquiry live | Professor Sir Chris Whitty gives evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/c5ExXvUPoZ8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"COVID Inquiry live | Professor Sir Chris Whitty gives evidence\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c5ExXvUPoZ8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>WARNING: Evidence given to the hearing may contain language some may find offensive.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Sir Chris Whitty, England&#8217;s chief medical officer, gives evidence to the public inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Chris became a household name alongside the chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, when the pair appeared alongside politicians at the daily COVID news conferences. 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