i'm glad i wasn't recommending policy, because actually, it's not my job. Many scientists did begin to object, because they said, this is coming across as political ask covering and we do not want to be associated with policy. But in the end, the sciences are not those responsible for these decisions. And any decision made about s a political decision that takes ut account much wider perspectives than just the scientific viewpoint. I think everyone should listen to science when they are making any policy. To ignore it is is absolutely nonsensic. So i really believe in science. I believe in it bei very important. However, instead of walking beside the decision makers, it's a mut
With data on the Covid-19 pandemic changing shape with every new outbreak and new mutation, it's a complex task to make sense of where the story of the virus will head next. David Spiegelhalter is chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at Cambridge University and an expert on crunching figures in order to understand successes and failures. His new book Covid by Numbers, co-written with Anthony Masters, seeks to shine a spotlight on the UK's handling of the pandemic. In this episode he speaks with the virologist and host of The Naked Scientist podcast Dr Chris Smith.
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