Sir David King loves diesel, hates CO2, now independent SAGE

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Sir David King accused of sowing confusion over Covid-19 cases in people who have been inoculated twice
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Sir David King, chair of Independent Sage, said that anyone who has been double jabbed is ‘relatively safe’ against the virus, but that 400 new Covid cases a day are people who have had both doses
BOLTON, ENGLAND - MAY 18: People leave a mobile vaccination bus after receiving their Covid-19 vaccines at the ESSA academy in Bolton where mass vaccinations are taking place to try and combat rising levels of the Indian coronavirus variant on May 18, 2021 in Bolton, England. Bolton joined the rest of England in resuming indoor dining yesterday, although the UK health secretary has warned that the government will consider a local lockdown in Bolton "if it's necessary to protect people," as the town faces a sharp spike in Covid-19 cases since mid-April. The majority of new cases here involve the more transmissible B.1.617.2 virus variant first identified in India. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Sir David King initially said 400 new Covid cases a day are people who have had both vaccine doses, but later admitted he had made a mistake (Photo: Getty/Christopher Furlong)
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By Paul Gallagher
Health Correspondent
June 7, 2021 7:00 pm(Updated 7:01 pm)
A former Government chief scientific adviser has been accused of sowing confusion about the number of people becoming infected with coronavirus despite having two doses of vaccine.

Sir David King, who is chair of the Independent Sage Group, said that anyone who has been double jabbed is “relatively safe” against the virus but that 400 new Covid cases a day are people who have had both doses.

He told Sky News on Monday morning: “But let’s not forget the one in 25 new cases are people who have been vaccinated twice – that means 400 new cases a day are people who had the vaccine twice. While there is an extensive amount of virus out there in the country, amongst our people, it is dangerous.”

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He continued: “Dying isn’t the sole issue about that we’re trying to avoid here. The number of people who are suffering from Long Covid in the country is enormous and this is not a simply a flu, once you’ve had the vaccine.”





Sir David said the current Covid-19 figures are “evidence of another wave appearing” and that ministers should announce a delay to the June 21 reopening.

“I’m very reluctant to say that we should not go out of lockdown on June 21, but I think the figures are in now, and it will be wise for the Government to announce right away a delay in opening, just so that we can all plan for the post June 21 period.”

Asked for how long, he said: “I would give a few weeks’ delay and see how the findings are emerging.”

Paul Hunter, Professor of Medicine at UEA, questioned where Sir David had got the 400 figure from. He told i: “I have been trying to find something and failing. But let’s look at his maths. One in 25 cases have had two doses of vaccine giving rise to 400 cases per day (I assume UK wide). Therefore, that would make 25 x 400 = 10,000 total cases whatever vaccine status. But the 7 day rolling average is 4,785 cases a day with highest daily number of 6,238 on Friday June 4.

“So whether 1 in 25 is correct or not his maths don’t add up unless he is inflating the figures to assume non detects (mainly mild) or asymptomatics. But if so do we need to worry about mild and asymptomatic illness. What about the protective effect of vaccine against more severe disease?”

After being approached by i, Sir David said he had made a mistake. A spokesman for Independent Sage said: “He took the report from the Government this morning of the number of cases per day – 5,000 – together with the estimate of the number who have been twice vaccinated, 25, for every one who has tested positive: 5,000/25 = 200. [Therefore] 400 was a mistake – he’s going to tweet a clarification shortly.”

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said it is too early to say whether remaining lockdown restrictions will be lifted on June 21 but ministers have been encouraged by latest data on the spread of the Indian (Delta) variant in relation to hospital admissions.

As of June 3, of 12,383 people who had the Delta variant, some 464 went to A&E and 126 of these were admitted overnight. Of the 126 patients 83 were unvaccinated, 28 had received one dose and just three had had both doses.

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AND HE PROMOTED DIESEL CARS!

How we were hoodwinked by a green zealot: Ideologist behind the dash for diesel called C02 'worse than terror'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4380806/Man-dash-diesel-calle d-C02-worse-terror.html

The Prime Minister Theresa May stepped in as diesel owners face a nightmare of increased congestion charges, hikes in road tax and poor resale values
Their anger intensified when Tony Blair’s former chief scientist admitted officials knew how dangerous diesel engines were but did nothing about it
In a stunning admission, Sir David King said scientists were aware that diesel was a ‘dirty’ fuel which belched out more dangerous fumes than petrol engines
Car manufacturers were developing technology which could ‘manage problem’
By VICTORIA ALLEN, SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL

PUBLISHED: 23:06, 4 April 2017 | UPDATED: 08:47, 5 April 2017

The scientist behind the dash for diesel is a committed climate change activist who once described global warming as a greater threat than terrorism.

Professor Sir David King, 77, was the architect of the policy to cut fuel duty for diesel cars as Tony Blair’s personal scientist.

Yesterday he admitted he got it wrong, having been driven by an obsession with carbon emissions. The former Government chief scientific adviser, knighted in 2003, has presided over many controversies.

In 2004 he wrote in the journal Science: ‘In my view, climate change is the most severe problem that we are facing today – more serious even than the threat of terrorism.’

He refused to back down when called in to Parliament and asked about his comments, which came just three years after the 9/11 attacks.

Sir David also persuaded Tony Blair to order a mass cull of livestock after being put in charge of handling the foot-and-mouth crisis.

In 2007, the South Africa-born academic divided opinion by recommending a badger cull to control the spread of TB. He has also been a long-term supporter of GM food.

His strong belief in man-made climate change has seen him publish a book, The Hot Topic, on how to tackle global warming, and he has been accused of being a politician in scientist’s clothing for his strong views.

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Just over a decade ago the chemist warned that temperatures will rise to dangerous levels within decades, leaving large sections of Britain’s coastline under water, while 400 million people could go hungry.

He has also said that global warming is pushing thousands of animals and plants towards extinction.

Sir David has stuck to his guns on GM crops, which he claimed had cost Britain up to £4billion through the country’s failure to embrace them.

Under current Vehicle Excise Duty bands drivers of diesel vehicles generally pay less - because the cars emit less CO2 despite producing other dangerous fumes +4
Under current Vehicle Excise Duty bands drivers of diesel vehicles generally pay less - because the cars emit less CO2 despite producing other dangerous fumes

Ministers who fail to cut greenhouse gas emissions should be sued, according to a former chief government scientist (stock image) +4
Ministers have come under fire after spending years recommending that motorists should buy diesel cars

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This graphic shows the amount diesel drivers will pay under the plans compared to car owners who drive petrol and electric vehicles

In 2003 he chaired the Government’s GM Science Review Panel, at the time of allegations that a leading member of the scientific establishment had warned senior academic Dr Andrew Stirling his career would be ruined unless he stopped questioning the safety of so-called Frankenstein food.

Sir David admitted he had made no effort to identify the culprit, despite the resignation of another expert, Professor Carlo Leifert, in protest at the influence of GM supporters on the panel.

Also in 2003, he backed research to create animal-human embryos, saying they could have ‘massive impacts’ on society, generating treatments for conditions from Alzheimer’s to heart disease.

He was appointed permanent Special Representative for Climate Change in September 2013 and left the post last month.