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Covid inquiry live updates: Vallance wrote in diary that Johnson was ‘bamboozled’ by Covid science – BBC News

Posted by Admin November 20, 2023 World





Covid inquiry live updates: Vallance wrote in diary that Johnson was ‘bamboozled’ by Covid science – BBC News

























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Summary

  1. Sir Patrick Vallance, the government’s chief scientific adviser during the pandemic, is giving evidence to the UK-Covid 19 Inquiry
  2. Vallance described then-PM Boris Johnson as “clearly bamboozled” by Covid science, in diary entries written during the pandemic, the inquiry hears
  3. Vallance says it was a “challenge” to help the PM grasp graphs and scientific concepts required for decision making – but that he was not the only world leader with that problem
  4. Earlier Vallance said key policies including lockdown measures and test-and-trace systems were not put in place soon enough
  5. In notes already released to the inquiry, Vallance criticises Johnson’s “impossible flip-flopping” and “bipolar decision-making”
  6. Vallance says he made “evening notes” as part of “brain dump” to protect his mental health during the pandemic
  7. The inquiry is currently looking at pandemic decision-making. No-one will be found guilty or innocent; the purpose is to learn lessons
  8. You can watch the hearing live at the top of this page

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