Government names dozens of scientists who sit on Sage group
by Rowena Mason Deputy political editor from Science | The Guardian on (#530PC)
List of more than 50 names published, but Dominic Cummings is not among them
Downing Street has published the names of the more than 50 scientists who sit on its Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies to discuss coronavirus, after criticism of the secrecy surrounding the group and the Guardian's revelation that the No 10 adviser Dominic Cummings had attended meetings of the group.
The list of names was made available on the government's website, showing that around half of the experts come from universities and another half are made up of government chief scientific advisers, public health officials or NHS senior staff.
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