SAGE conflicts of interest
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:24 pm
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* On March 16th 2020, the now infamous Neil Ferguson/Imperial College paper was published predicting over 500,000 deaths in the UK and 2.2 million in the US if suppression measures were not introduced.
* Stricter measures were announced on the day that paper was published, and the first UK lockdown was announced a week later, on March 23rd 2020. US states variously followed suit.
* The committee that has been advising the UK government throughout this period is called the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). Ferguson was a member of this committee until he 'resigned' in May 2020 for having broken lockdown rules.
* This note examines the key influencers on SAGE and their conflicts of interest:
* On March 16th 2020, the now infamous Neil Ferguson/Imperial College paper was published predicting over 500,000 deaths in the UK and 2.2 million in the US if suppression measures were not introduced.
* Stricter measures were announced on the day that paper was published, and the first UK lockdown was announced a week later, on March 23rd 2020. US states variously followed suit.
* The committee that has been advising the UK government throughout this period is called the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). Ferguson was a member of this committee until he 'resigned' in May 2020 for having broken lockdown rules.
* This note examines the key influencers on SAGE and their conflicts of interest: