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Letter: Armchair science may lead us to a better place (2)

Published 27 May 2020

From Adam Keelan, London, UK

A lack of transparency from the UK government, as shown by its communication strategy, has probably provided more fuel for speculation in this country than any number of pre-publication papers or amount of raw data. As your leader points out, a deluge of poor information has helped make a bad situation worse. But some of it may be coming from Whitehall.

Issue no. 3284 published 30 May 2020

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