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Sir Patrick Vallance’s bombshell diary entries revealed in excruciating detail how the former prime minister struggled to understand graphs and ‘just could not get’ some scientific concepts

The Government’s former chief scientific adviser said there was a lack of transparency on analysis of Covid-19’s impact on the economy.

A note from the former chief scientific advisor said watching Johnson get his head around stats was ‘awful’.

A diary entry from the former chief scientific adviser, shown to the COVID inquiry, describes a heated meeting as ministers and officials argued over introducing another lockdown.

Rishi Sunak thought the government should just let people die rather than see the country go into another lockdown, Dominic Cummings is said to have claimed.

The Covid-19 Inquiry heard from former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.

The Covid-19 Inquiry heard from former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.

Covid inquiry news: Sir Patrick Vallance has told the Covid inquiry that during the pandemic he would make notes as a way of “decompressing”.

Undue weight was given to scientific advice over arguments for protecting the economy during the Covid pandemic, one of the most high-profile supporters of lockdowns has said.

The Government’s former chief scientific adviser said there was a lack of transparency on analysis of Covid-19’s impact on the economy.