A senior member of SAGE has hit back at Dido Harding, saying the body gave 'clear advice,' to the Government, after she blamed the group for not predicting a second wave. SAGE member Sir Jeremy Farrar hit back at claims that SAGE was to blame for recent chaos at testing centresSir Jeremy Farrar, who sits on the SAGE panel, has hit back following Thursday's comments. The director of the Wellcome Trust pointed out that he had previously warned that a growing testing crisis was looming. He said: 'SAGE was never responsible for predicting the demand for testing, what we've been involved in predicting is the likely infection levels in the population. 'So we saw a huge surge in testing of children, most of whom, 97% of whom, tested negative.

Source: Daily Mail September 19, 2020 10:45 UTC