Vote For Me: We Should Never Have 'Followed the Science'!

The underdog in the drawn out 'election' for leadership of the UK's ruling Conservative Party, has opined that it was 'a major error' to 'empower scientists' in the Coronavirus pandemic (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/24/sunak-says-it-was-a-mistake-to-empower-scientists-during-covid-pandemic). The candidate reckons that the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) had too much sway on issues, like closing schools. He claims he was banned from discussing 'trade offs'. It's surely apodictic, that if your country is facing a life-threatening viral pandemic, the best advice will come from bankers, economists and investment advisors. The last people you want to listen to, are those pesky SAGE virologists, public health experts, behavioural scientists, vaccine producers, immunologists etc etc. And, anyhow, they haven't got a vote in the election of the next Prime Minister. The next pandemic could be terminal for the UK.