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| − | }}'''Sir Patrick John Thompson Vallance FRS FMedSci FRCP''' is a UK physician who | + | }}'''Sir Patrick John Thompson Vallance FRS FMedSci FRCP''' is a UK businessman/physician who in March 2018 moved from [[Director of GlaxoSmithKline]] to become the [[UK/Chief Scientific Adviser]]. |
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===Coronavirus pandemic=== | ===Coronavirus pandemic=== | ||
Revision as of 14:43, 24 September 2020
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| Nationality | UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | St George's University of London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founder of | UK Vaccine Task Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir Patrick John Thompson Vallance FRS FMedSci FRCP is a UK businessman/physician who in March 2018 moved from Director of GlaxoSmithKline to become the UK/Chief Scientific Adviser.
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Career
Big pharma until March 2018.
- Full article: COVID-19/Lockdown
- Full article: COVID-19/Lockdown
In mid March 2020 Vallance "defended the government’s approach to tackling the coronavirus, saying it could have the benefit of creating “herd immunity” across the population."[1]
Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
- Full article: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
- Full article: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
Vallance, as chair of Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, was one of very few members who was publicly named. He stated in a letter to the UK parliament in April 2020 that the decision not to disclose its membership was based on advice from the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure.[2]
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