MRC drops planned investigation into Glenda Gray
The board of the SA Medical Research Council has backtracked on its decision to investigate the organisation’s president, Glenda Gray, for comments she made “in her personal capacity” to the media about the government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis.
Gray thanked the board in a statement on Tuesday for “having acted with the requisite urgency in its deliberations over this matter”. Gray has received support from leading scientists and academics. The Academy of Science of SA , and the committee of heads of organisations of research and technology, issued statements supporting scientists’ right to publicly express their opinions.Assaf president Jonathan Jansen said on Tuesday that public reaction and professional pressure against the board’s “impulsive and high-handed [response]”, resulted in the decision to halt the probe against Gray.
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