As a key architect of UKs deadly and inefficient lockdowns, @wellcometrust director @JeremyFarrar is now trying to blame the fiasco on @SunetraGupta and @carlheneghan, for having had one meeting in which @BorisJohnson ignored their advice. Ridiculous! 1/5
Unfortunately, @JeremyFarrar won the UK pandemic policy fight. Now he is trying to evade responsibility for the biggest public health mistake in history, with too many COVID deaths among the old and workers, and enormous collateral public health damage on children and adults. 2/5
Moreover, @JeremyFarrar is making false accusations against @SunetraGupta. Either he is deliberately distorting her science, or, he never bothered to read her papers and the @gbdeclaration, instead basing his slander on the inaccurate writings in e.g. the @guardian. 3/5
Scientific slander is always bad. It is extra concerning when done by @JeremyFarrar, the director of one of the world's biggest funders of medical science. It silences other scientists who depend on him for funding. Dangerous for science and public health. 4/5
One lesson from this pandemic is that heads of research funding agencies, such as Anthony Fauci and @JeremyFarrar, should not set public health policy. It stifles critically important scientific discourse, as scientists do not want to contradict the funders they depend on. 5/5
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