SET-C (Science in Emergencies Tasking – COVID)

The Royal Society has established SET-C (Science in Emergencies Tasking – COVID-19) to draw on the expertise of our Fellows and others to respond to requests for rapid science advice on topics relevant to tackling the pandemic. The group was initially convened in response to a request from the Government Office for Science but will also look to the wider scientific community for issues where rapid expert analysis may be useful.

SET-C’s published rapid reviews include:

• 14 February 2021: Twelve criteria for the development and use of COVID-19 vaccine passports (PDF)
• 14 December 2020: SARS-CoV-2: Where do people acquire infection and ‘who infects whom’? (PDF)
       - 30 November 2020: Appendix (PDF)
• 26 November 2020: Herd immunity in the epidemiology and control of COVID-19 (PDF)
• 23 October 2020: Long Covid: what is it, and what is needed? (PDF)
• 21 October 2020: Vaccine deployment: Behaviour, ethics, misinformation and policy strategies (PDF)
• 26 August 2020: The SARS-CoV-2 genome: variation, implication and application (PDF)
• 24 August 2020: Reproduction number (R) and growth rate (r) of the COVID-19 epidemic in the UK (PDF)
• 24 June 2020: ABO Blood Groups and COVID-19 (PDF)
• 19 May 2020: The immune response, inflammation, and vascular disease of COVID-19 (PDF)
• 18 June 2020: Vitamin D and COVID-19 (PDF)
• 26 June 2020: Face masks and coverings for the general public: Behavioural knowledge, effectiveness of cloth coverings and public messaging (PDF)

SET-C Steering Committee

Professor Peter Bruce FRS (Chair), The Royal Society
Professor Sir Roy Anderson FMedSci FRS, Imperial College London
Professor Charles Bangham FMedSci FRS, Imperial College London
Professor Richard Catlow FRS, The Royal Society
Professor Christopher Dye FMedSci FRS, University of Oxford
Professor Sir Marc Feldmann AC FAA FMedSci FRS, University of Oxford
Professor Sir Colin Humphreys FREng FRS, Queen Mary University of London
Professor Frank Kelly FRS, University of Cambridge
Professor Melinda Mills FBA, University of Oxford
Professor Linda Partridge DBE FMedSci FRS, University College London
Professor Sir John Skehel FMedSci FRS, The Francis Crick Institute
Professor Geoffrey Smith FMedSci FRS, University of Cambridge
Professor Alain Townsend FRS, University of Oxford

SET-C is part of a wider range of COVID-19 related activities undertaken by the Society including the RAMP and DELVE initiatives.