From 'controversial comments' to medical council about-turn: what you need to know about the Glenda Gray row

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From 'controversial comments' to council about-turn: what you need to know about the Glenda Gray row

Prof Glenda Gray, president of the SA Medical Research Council and a world-renowned scientist, appears to have been vindicated for her criticism of the goverment's handling of the Covid-19 lockdown as nonsensical and unscientific.Prof Glenda Gray continues to make news headlines following the outcome of an SA Medical Research Council investigation on Tuesday.

Gray, a member of the ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19 and president of the SAMRC, said the phased approach to exiting the lockdown was"nonsensical".

 

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