Patrick Vallance: Difference between revisions

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Made science minister for Kier Starmer government.^[1]
Former Government chief scientific adviser.^[2]
Joined the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.^[2]
Described the COVID-19 MRNA vaccines as "safe and effective".^[3]
Climate change will kill more people than COVID-19.^[4]
We should sacrifice meat and flights for sake of climate.^[5]
Has £600,000 shareholding in firm contracted to develop vaccines.^[6]
Said it was a mistake to present the public with worst case scenario projections to justify lockdowns.^[7]
Argued to the COVID-19 inquiry that his scientific opinion was not given enough weight in comparison to the economy.^[7]
Described people who wanted to end lockdowns sooner as "Pro death squad".^[8]
Told the COVID-19 inquiry that the UK should have gone into lockdown earlier.^[9]
Calls for net zero to have immediacy of search for Covid vaccine.^[10]
Head of the government Science and Engineering.^[11]
President of R&D at GlaxoSmithKline.^[11]
On the board of the UK Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research from 2009 to 2016.^[11]
Honorary degrees from Imperial College London, University of Glasgow and York University.^[11]

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 == Stories ==
+* Made science minister for [[Kier Starmer]] government.<ref name="minister">https://archive.ph/R2Mr6</ref>
 * Former Government chief scientific adviser.<ref name="tony">https://archive.is/o7W8L</ref>
 * Joined the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.<ref name="tony"></ref>