Science, uncertainty and the Covid-19 response

SCOONES, Ian

2020

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SCOONES, Ian

STEPS Centre, 2020, Blogpost, [RSCAS], [PASTRES Project]

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SCOONES, Ian, Science, uncertainty and the Covid-19 response, STEPS Centre, 2020, Blogpost, [RSCAS], [PASTRES Project] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/66917

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One of the abiding images of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the UK has been the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, looking nervous and uncomfortable, flanked by his scientific advisors at the regular press conferences. With three white men in suits in a wood-panelled room, the aim presumably was to project a sense of control and authority. The rhetoric – that the government’s response was always ‘led by the science’ – was reinforced.

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Published on 16 March 2020

Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/66917

External link: https://steps-centre.org/blog/science-uncertainty-and-the-covid-19-response/

Series/Number: STEPS Centre; 2020; Blogpost; [RSCAS]; [PASTRES Project]

Publisher: STEPS Centre

Keyword(s): Covid-19 COVID-19 Coronavirus

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