Patrick Vallance
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Stories
- Former Government chief scientific adviser.[1]
- Joined the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.[1]
- Described the COVID-19 MRNA vaccines as "safe and effective".[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.[10]
- On the board of hte 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]