The Minutes of Sir Richard Dearlove on pandemic https://minutesof.com/richard-dearlove/on/pandemic/ Everything Sir Richard Dearlove has said on pandemic: 4 verbatim quotes from June 2020, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:25 +0000 Dearlove agrees with Trump's hard line on China, saying an international inquiry into the pandemic is needed. https://minutesof.com/q/b3e65450-92ce-4827-809f-987ea2ab084f/ https://minutesof.com/q/b3e65450-92ce-4827-809f-987ea2ab084f/ “But I think there's a lot about his China policy that's right, because we need an explanation from the Chinese as to what happened. We need an international inquiry.” — The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 pandemic Dearlove predicts complete UK reassessment of China relationship after pandemic, warns against Chinese economi https://minutesof.com/q/7155b69a-00b0-43a6-8a2c-de5e1bd45721/ https://minutesof.com/q/7155b69a-00b0-43a6-8a2c-de5e1bd45721/ “I think there will be a complete reassessment of this situation for The UK and for many other countries in the aftermath of the pandemic.” — The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 pandemic Dearlove endorses a peer-reviewed scientific paper on virus origins as a very important contribution to the de https://minutesof.com/q/a543095d-af22-4f75-a01b-45c52f501e75/ https://minutesof.com/q/a543095d-af22-4f75-a01b-45c52f501e75/ “I think that the importance of the paper is that it is written by two very knowledgeable scientists, one a world leading virologist. Well, both of them are actually. It's been peer reviewed extensively.” — The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 pandemic Dearlove says scientific paper on virus origins is important and will shift debate on pandemic evolution. https://minutesof.com/q/32f31c33-56fa-40d4-ae45-b9c9c429b9f2/ https://minutesof.com/q/32f31c33-56fa-40d4-ae45-b9c9c429b9f2/ “I'm not a scientist, I'm not really prepared to speculate very far, but I think this particular article is very important, and I think it will shift the debate.” — The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 pandemic