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Deenan Pillay

@deenan.bsky.social
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Emeritus UCL Virology, Ex-Indie SAGE, NHS Trust Non Exec, Spurs, Music

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
In 2020, I joined what I believe to have been the most important and impactful science communication project I’ve ever had the pleasure of being involved with. We called it Independent Sage, and we’ve written about it here. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Independent SAGE as an example of effective public dialogue on scientific research - Nature Protocols
The members of Independent SAGE reflect on their experience in setting up, developing and running a science communication platform and service to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic
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UCL Centre for Behaviour Change @ucl-cbc.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Our director @susanmichie.bsky.social co-authored an article just published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social about the experiences of @independentsage.bsky.social communicating scientific research, with important learnings for future crisis situations. 🔗 Read the article: rdcu.be/d3n6s
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
"Scientists need to recognize that bold presentation, dissemination, and support of scientific knowledge has become both a basic commitment and a political act." 👏👏👏
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Independent SAGE list thanks to @chrischirp.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Deenan Pillay @deenan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Refreshing to read a warts and all obit… Ted Honderich obituary www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
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Ted Honderich obituary
Colourful philosopher whose readiness to examine current controversies sometimes brought him notoriety
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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
I'm very proud to have written this 2022 @sciam.bsky.social piece with @tetherin.bsky.social and @lewan.bsky.social. Although the cases for a) Lab Leakerdom as conspiracism & b) the pandemic as zoonotic have only grown stronger, it still holds up well! www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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The Lab-Leak Hypothesis Made It Harder for Scientists to Seek the Truth
Virus origin stories have always been prone to conspiracy theories. COVID disinformation has threatened research—and lives
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Deenan Pillay @deenan.bsky.social · 08/09/2024
Probably not, Chris
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Deenan Pillay @deenan.bsky.social · 08/09/2024
What is it with these tech billionaires???
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
Excellent article by @GabrielScally in @bmj_latest examining the failures in Public Health in the run up to and during the pandemic, in light of the Inquiry Module 1 report. www.bmj.com/content/386/...
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Covid inquiry: the flaws that led to system failure
Without radical reform we are vulnerable to the next pandemic The first report from the UK’s covid-19 inquiry, chaired by Heather Hallett, delivered a scathing critique of the country’s system of pla...
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