Prof. Paul Dolan on “Why SAGE needs education experts as well as scientists”

“We’re following the science.” From the very start of the Covid-19 pandemic, ministers have emphasised the leading role that the science of virus transmission and mortality risks has played in their decisions. 

But the policy responses to the virus have affected many aspects of our physical and mental health, as well as having massive economic and social consequences, too.

So, really, we should also have heard the government say just as loudly that “We’re following the social science” – and that includes education specialists.

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