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Science advice in a crisis
Ministers must improve the way they use and communicate science advice or risk repeating mistakes made during the coronavirus crisis.

Ministers must improve the way they use and communicate science advice or risk repeating mistakes made during the coronavirus crisis.
Throughout its response to the coronavirus outbreak, the government has repeatedly said that it will be led by the science.
How should science advice be combined with other kinds of evidence and presented to ministers?
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