Britain must "hope for the best, but plan for the worst-case scenario" of not finding a vaccine for several years, a rival to the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has heard.
The group of top scientists, calling itself the Independent SAGE, was formed after the government repeatedly failed to publish its latest advice amid fears it has been subject to "dangerous” political interference.
The group of a dozen experts were gathered by Sir David King, a former government chief scientific adviser. He assembled the rival boffins to look at how the UK is handling coronavirus over fears that minister's claim to be "following the scientific advice", but have failed to share recent the information behind those decisions