Vallance: Johnson struggled with scientific concept of pandemic
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Vallance: Johnson struggled with scientific concept of pandemic
Sir Patrick Vallance says former prime minister Boris Johnson “struggled” to understand the scientific concepts of the Covid pandemic, and some things had to be repeatedly explained to him.
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Sir Patrick Vallance says he, as the government’s chief scientific adviser, was not asked for guidance on the Eat Out To Help Out scheme introduced by the then-chancellor Rishi Sunak.
He continues the policy contradicted the public health message at the time, and “quite likely” contributed to an increase in Covid transmissions. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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