{"id":2283,"date":"2020-06-07T13:57:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T13:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/husscovid.micheldurinx.opalstacked.com\/2020\/06\/what-do-we-mean-by-following-the-science-in-the-covid-19-pandemic-john-dupre\/"},"modified":"2020-06-07T13:57:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T13:57:11","slug":"what-do-we-mean-by-following-the-science-in-the-covid-19-pandemic-john-dupre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/covidsociety\/2020\/06\/07\/what-do-we-mean-by-following-the-science-in-the-covid-19-pandemic-john-dupre\/","title":{"rendered":"What do we mean by \u201cfollowing the science\u201d in the COVID-19 pandemic? (John Dupr\u00e9)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>By <a href=\"mailto:j.a.dupre@exeter.ac.uk\">John Dupr\u00e9<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>A mantra of recent government policy reporting in recent weeks is that they are only following the science. The science recommended the lockdown, and the science will let us know when it can be relaxed, apparently. It tells us what tests need to be done for whom and what protective equipment is needed for whom. How exactly can it do this?<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkbox\">Further reading:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuffieldbioethics.org\/blog\/following-the-science-in-the-covid-19-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Following the Science in the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Dupr\u00e9 A mantra of recent government policy reporting in recent weeks is that they are only following the science. The science recommended the lockdown, and the science will let us know when it can be relaxed, apparently. 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