BREAKING NEWS – London, England – A British scientist who worked with the government on its coronavirus response resigned from his advisory role after a media report said he defied lockdown measures by letting a woman visit him on two occasions.
Neil Ferguson, a professor at Imperial College in London, stepped down from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), the body that advises the government in emergencies. He led an academic team at the university that produced a model forecasting the spread of COVID-19 and predicted as many as 500,000 deaths if the government failed to take action.
The woman who visited him lives with her husband and children in another home, The Telegraph reported.
“I accept I made an error of judgment and took the wrong course of action,” Ferguson said. “But to my credit, when she visited me, I wore a laytex mask, if you know what I mean.”