The scientific community has condemned the probe, saying it infringes on academic freedom
The Medical Research Council board has
Gray, an internationally acclaimed HIV researcher who is a member of health minister Zweli Mkhize’s advisory committee on Covid-19, is at the centre of a growing storm about academic freedom after she publicly criticised some of the lockdown regulations and said childhood malnutrition cases were increasing at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.
Pillay, who wrote to the MRC board requesting the investigation, conceded that other scientists who had raised concerns about the government’s response had not been subject to censure. “Pillay did something that should raise red flags in our constitutional democracy. It is not simply that he accused this globally renowned scientist from making false allegations without compelling evidence for his case. Dr Pillay went further.
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