{"id":143847,"date":"2020-05-04T19:01:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T19:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/uk-names-government-scientific-advisers-after-calls-for-transparency-2\/"},"modified":"2020-05-04T19:01:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T19:01:06","slug":"uk-names-government-scientific-advisers-after-calls-for-transparency-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/uk-names-government-scientific-advisers-after-calls-for-transparency-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UK names government scientific advisers after calls for transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2014 The U.K. government has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies-sage-coronavirus-covid-19-response-membership\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released the membership<\/a> of the Scientific Advisory Group of Emergencies (SAGE), the main scientific body advising ministers on the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>The government had resisted calls to name the groups members, saying some had faced death threats and it was necessary to protect their identities to guarantee the impartiality of their advice.<\/p>\n<p>But pressure to release the names grew after the Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/24\/revealed-dominic-cummings-on-secret-scientific-advisory-group-for-covid-19\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revealed<\/a> that the prime ministers top adviser, Dominic Cummings, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/dominic-cummings-joined-meetings-of-uk-scientific-advisory-group-report\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">joined SAGE meetings<\/a> and asked questions, with some members saying they felt worried about the impact of his presence on the quality and direction of the advice given.<\/p>\n<p>The chair of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/uk-names-government-scientific-advisers-after-calls-for-transparency\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snap.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/politico-logo.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">politico<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2014 The U.K. government has released t..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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