Tony, I've Received Both Hate Mail and Death Threats by Social Media

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You were a member of the u ks. Scientific advisory group for emergencies, sage. You resignd late last year after 18 months in place. Were these sorts of threats any part of the motivation behind that? No, they genuinely were not. The reason i stepped away from sage was because I felt largely the work of sage had been done. So it was a good time to step away.

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