Daily: Driving home for COVID? A risky Christmas…

<p><strong>Our 200th edition.</strong> Everyone wants to go home and visit their folks for Christmas, right? And the Government is fine with it…&nbsp;right? <strong>Christina Pagel</strong> of <a href="https://twitter.com/IndependentSage" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Independent SAGE</a> and UCL’s Clinical Operational Research Unit tells <strong>Ian Dunt</strong> why packing yourself into unventilated homes with aged relatives, school kids and students might not be a very good idea. What are the best ways to have a safer Christmas? How dangerous is public transport? And what’s worse, hurting your family’s feelings –&nbsp;or damaging their health?</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>“People are pretty clear about what they OUGHT to do. What they WILL do is another matter.</em></li><li><em>“It’s really hard to think of home as a dangerous place.”&nbsp;</em></li><li><em>“The idea that I might give my parents COVID month before they could get vaccinated? I don’t know if I could live with that.”</em></li><li><em>“We’re all good at social distancing from strangers. But when you’re out with your mum, it’s a different matter.”&nbsp;</em></li><li><em>“What are the worst things you can do at Christmas? Singing and shouting.”&nbsp;</em></li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Presented by Ian Dunt. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofrenijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>