Plaudits abound for straight-talking chief medical officer, with one fan wishing ‘we could clone him’
“Most people would agree that he’s kind of busy,” says Loyd Grossman, whose protracted and extruded vowels defined the mid-Atlantic accent for a generation of TV-watching Britons. “But he seems to wind down by doing more work.”
The quip about Prof Chris Whitty, a household name after dozens of Downing Street press conferences, may not be far off the mark. Beyond his central role in the Covid crisis as England’s chief medical officer (CMO), the 54-year-old made time to teach at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and deliver public lectures at Gresham College, where Grossman is chair.
