Scientific experts advising government criticise Boris Johnson after he backed Dominic Cummings

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Professors Stephen Reicher, Susan Michie and Robert West said efforts to control the virus have been damaged.

Boris Johnson is pictured leaving Downing Street with his chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, in November last yearScientists who have been advising the government during the coronavirus crisis have accused the prime minister of"trashing" the advice they have given to help curb the outbreak.

Members of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours hit out at Boris Johnson on Sunday evening, after he backedin the North East during lockdown.Professor Stephen Reicher told how he felt"building trust" with the public to"secure adherence to the measures necessary" to control the virus have been damaged.

As one of those involved in SPI-B, the Government advisory group on behavioural science, I can say that in a few short minutes tonight, Boris Johnson has trashed all the advice we have given on how to build trust and secure adherence to the measures necessary to control COVID-19.

He added:"It is very hard to provide scientific advice to a government which doesn't want to listen to science. I hope, however, that the public will read our

 

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If BJ can’t run the country without DC then perhaps he should also resign. Makes you wonder who is making the decisions anyway. I certainly don’t want to hear from him in a statement. No-one voted for him.

We have heard enough from so called experts

I’ve worked throughout lockdown, I’ve travelled up and down the country working.

Johnson is now on the ropes himself

Which ones was them

Has BorisJohnson made such a error of judgment over how strongly folks feel about this shambles that we will have another general election in the next 6 months. Conservatives COVID19

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