Covid-19: Science the fall guy as Hancock seeks to shift blame

England’s health and social care secretary, Matt Hancock, blamed “scientific consensus” for key government failings during the covid-19 pandemic, as he came out fighting against his critics this week. Giving evidence to MPs on 10 June at science select committees’ joint inquiry into lessons learnt from pandemic,1 Hancock defended both government’s record rebutted claims that prime minister’s former chief aide, Dominic Cummings, made in front of same committee two weeks before.234 The secretary seemed emboldened learning Cummings had failed supply with documentary numerous allegations incompetence misconduct …