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How to convince a politician: a science adviser's lessons from the pandemic

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Patrick Vallance, who advised the UK government during the height of COVID, says that scientific officials should know four key things when guiding policymakers.

Patrick Vallance has come to the end of his five-year tenure as chief scientific adviser to the UK government, during which he oversaw the unprecedented science response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Nature 616, 20 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00938-w

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