Chief Scientific Adviser to the British government during the COVID-19 pandemic, Patrick Vallance, says that

Context: British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chief Scientific Adviser to the British government during the COVID-19 pandemic, Patrick Vallance, says that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, then finance minister, said "just let people die" during a discussion on a potential second lockdown in late 2020.

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