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Stuck in the fog

Because I occasionally comment on issues for the news media, I was on the early-invite list for the Science Media Centre weekly briefings back at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The centre’s job is to broker relationships between scientists and the media to improve the role that good science can play in journalism.

These Zoom sessions involved centre staff and scientists talking about where

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