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Prof. of Epidemiology at Edinburgh University and now author Mark Woolhouse, is featured in a story dated March 7, 2022, regarding his experience when he tried to point out the unscientific COVID epidemic projection that was made by Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) Sir Patrick Vallance on September 21, 2020:
A senior epidemiologist who advised the government during the coronavirus pandemic claims he was told to "correct" his views after he criticised what he thought was an "implausible" graph shown at an official briefing.
Professor Mark Woolhouse has also apologised to his daughter, whose generation "has been so badly served by mine", and believes that closing schools was "morally wrong".
. . . Speaking to Sky News, Prof Woolhouse seemed concerned about a possible "big-brother" approach to the control of information about COVID.
COVID-19 expert claims he was told to 'correct his views' after criticising 'implausible graph' shown during official briefing
Professor Mark Woolhouse, who has been advising the government about infectious diseases for 25 years, says "plain common sense" was a "casualty of the crisis".news.sky.com