
Matt Hancock’s messages: how scientifically literate should our politicians be?
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Is Herd Immunity the Way Out of the Pandemic?
Sage membership was kept secret and the minutes of Sage weren't published. How would we even have known if someone had been fired from Sage for speaking out? And I think that's actually speaks to the importance of having open scientific communication and transparency within Sage early on. If you're asking people to dramatically alter their lives, as we did in March 2020, based on scientific advice, then we should be making that scientific advice available so they can understand it.
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