This is the governments response to these allegation as reported by the BBC and others. I don't know the truth and neither does anyone on this board. This will go away unless someone on the committee comes forward and says Cummings was also interfering.

One person has put their head above the parapet though

""However, National Health Service England's medical director Stephen Powis, who is one of the few publicly known members of Sage, told the programme he was “confident what happens at Sage is a scientific discussion involving the scientists and the experts who are members”. ""

One more point

The truth is we may never know what exactly goes on but people say and media outlets report what suits there agenda. I find this sad at the present time, that still is political point scoring in evidence both in the media and on here. Let’s get through this and then hold the post mortem

There is an awful lot of business travel too in the USA and it's that I am really thinking about. Now virtual conferencing has been seen to work why will companies want to lash out on trips to Vegas or Miami?

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It isn't though just the morons, although there seem to be a lot of them. One of my US friends sent me a video only this morning, from a "doctor" that proposed that the virus was not natural but engineered to force us all to be vaccinated and that the vaccine would also be engineered to control our minds which would then be supervised by the 5G network. This guy really believes it and apparently the video has gone viral in the USA. The thing is that he is a normally perfectly reasonable, balanced guy who has been a good mate for years. It's strange.

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Go for the middle class man alone and not the many teenagers in pairs or three’s on all high streets.

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I will keep saying the worst are the teenagers. 3 out sitting there eating chips together with their bikes near them. Heard one say ‘’ problem is you don’t know when it’s going to end.’’ No concept they’re contributing to it lasting longer.

I doubt B&Q isn’t much different to a supermarket. It’s probably better and easier to social distance. Whether the staff do is another matter. But DIY isn’t essential so does raise the risk and exposure. Lots of it can be delivered anyway. But they’ve opened before competitors. That’s why.

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