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* Former Government chief scientific adviser.<ref name="tony">https://archive.is/o7W8L</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>
* Joined the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.<ref name="tony"></ref>
* Described the [[COVID-19]] MRNA vaccines as "safe and effective".<ref name="safe">https://archive.ph/3YN0e</ref>
* Climate change will kill more people than [[COVID-19]].<ref name="change">https://archive.ph/E8MzM</ref>
* Climate change will kill more people than [[COVID-19]].<ref name="change">https://archive.ph/E8MzM</ref>
* We should sacrifice meat and flights for sake of climate.<ref name="sacrifice">https://archive.ph/r1VxM</ref>
* We should sacrifice meat and flights for sake of climate.<ref name="sacrifice">https://archive.ph/r1VxM</ref>
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* Argued during the [[COVID-19]] inquiry that the lockdowns should have been "broader, harder and earlier".<ref name="lockdown2">https://archive.ph/wUTK1</ref>
* Argued during the [[COVID-19]] inquiry that the lockdowns should have been "broader, harder and earlier".<ref name="lockdown2">https://archive.ph/wUTK1</ref>
* Argued in an article in [[The Times]] that [[COVID-19]] models did not only look at worst possible outcomes.<ref name="worst">https://archive.ph/646uy</ref>
* Argued in an article in [[The Times]] that [[COVID-19]] models did not only look at worst possible outcomes.<ref name="worst">https://archive.ph/646uy</ref>
* Described the [[COVID-19]] MRNA vaccines as "safe and effective".<ref name="safe">https://archive.ph/3YN0e</ref>


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Revision as of 09:10, 9 July 2024

Stories

  • Made science minister for Keir Starmer government.[1]
  • Former Government chief scientific adviser.[2]
  • Joined the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.[2]
  • Climate change will kill more people than COVID-19.[3]
  • We should sacrifice meat and flights for sake of climate.[4]
  • Has £600,000 shareholding in firm contracted to develop vaccines.[5]
  • Said it was a mistake to present the public with worst case scenario projections to justify lockdowns.[6]
  • Argued to the COVID-19 inquiry that his scientific opinion was not given enough weight in comparison to the economy.[6]
  • Described people who wanted to end lockdowns sooner as "Pro death squad".[7]
  • Told the COVID-19 inquiry that the UK should have gone into lockdown earlier.[8]
  • Calls for net zero to have immediacy of search for Covid vaccine.[9]
  • Head of the government Science and Engineering.[10]
  • President of R&D at GlaxoSmithKline between 2012 and 2017.[10]
  • On the board of the UK Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research from 2009 to 2016.[10]
  • Honorary degrees from Imperial College London, University of Glasgow and York University.[10]
  • Wrote in his diary that SAGE has completely rewritten the science advice.[11]
  • Described the Prime Ministers desire to remove lockdowns as "very worrying".[11]
  • Argued during the COVID-19 inquiry that the lockdowns should have been "broader, harder and earlier".[12]
  • Argued in an article in The Times that COVID-19 models did not only look at worst possible outcomes.[13]
  • Described the COVID-19 MRNA vaccines as "safe and effective".[14]

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