Deenan Pillay
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Emeritus UCL Virology, Ex-Indie SAGE, NHS Trust Non Exec, Spurs, Music
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Alice Roberts
about 1 year ago
In 2020, I joined what I believe to have been the most important and impactful science communication project I’ve ever had the pleasure of being involved with. We called it Independent Sage, and we’ve written about it here.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Independent SAGE as an example of effective public dialogue on scientific research - Nature Protocols
The members of Independent SAGE reflect on their experience in setting up, developing and running a science communication platform and service to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41596-024-01089-6
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UCL Centre for Behaviour Change
about 1 year ago
Our director
@susanmichie.bsky.social
co-authored an article just published in
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
about the experiences of
@independentsage.bsky.social
communicating scientific research, with important learnings for future crisis situations. đź”— Read the article:
rdcu.be/d3n6s
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Philip Ball
about 1 year ago
"Scientists need to recognize that bold presentation, dissemination, and support of scientific knowledge has become both a basic commitment and a political act." 👏👏👏
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Trish Greenhalgh
about 1 year ago
Independent SAGE list thanks to
@chrischirp.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Refreshing to read a warts and all obit… Ted Honderich obituary
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
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Ted Honderich obituary
Colourful philosopher whose readiness to examine current controversies sometimes brought him notoriety
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/19/ted-honderich-obituary?CMP=share_btn_url
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Peter Jacobs
over 1 year ago
I'm very proud to have written this 2022
@sciam.bsky.social
piece with
@tetherin.bsky.social
and
@lewan.bsky.social
. Although the cases for a) Lab Leakerdom as conspiracism & b) the pandemic as zoonotic have only grown stronger, it still holds up well!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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The Lab-Leak Hypothesis Made It Harder for Scientists to Seek the Truth
Virus origin stories have always been prone to conspiracy theories. COVID disinformation has threatened research—and lives
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-lab-leak-hypothesis-made-it-harder-for-scientists-to-seek-the-truth/
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Probably not, Chris
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What is it with these tech billionaires???
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Prof Christina Pagel
over 1 year ago
Excellent article by @GabrielScally in @bmj_latest examining the failures in Public Health in the run up to and during the pandemic, in light of the Inquiry Module 1 report.
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
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Covid inquiry: the flaws that led to system failure
Without radical reform we are vulnerable to the next pandemic The first report from the UK’s covid-19 inquiry, chaired by Heather Hallett, delivered a scathing critique of the country’s system of pla...
https://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q1865
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