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Farrar quits SAGE: Is he the first of many?

Nov 4, 2021 Mike Stanton

Jeremy Farrar, director of The Wellcome Trust, has resigned from SAGE, the committee of scientists that has been advising the government throughout the Covid pandemic. He told Sky News: The…

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Spike: the virus versus the people

Sep 17, 2021 Mike Stanton

Spike: the virus versus the people could well have been subtitled, “The politicians versus the scientists.” The government is fudging its response to Covid again. Last year it refused to…

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Farrar quits SAGE: Is he the first of many?

Spike: the virus versus the people