Vallance will be followed in the witness box by the other top scientists who flanked ministers at the televised daily Covid press conferences. Prof Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, will make an all-day appearance on Tuesday. Then on Wednesday, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, the former deputy chief medical officer, and the current chief scientific adviser, Prof Dame Angela McLean who described the-then chancellor Rishi Sunak as Dr Death in the weeks following the Treasury-inspired 'eat out to help out' scheme in August 2020 will appear before the inquiry.
One former government minister with knowledge of the Covid threat at the time said: In the early days, there was a political imperative not to overstate or overreact. These scientists were not accustomed to finding themselves in Downing Street, alongside politicians at televised press conferences, the min
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