The Pandemic Modellers Have a Conflict of Interest Problem

In this video and accompanying article Rosemary Frei, MSc, explores the funding sources and other potential conflicts of interest among the people who wrote the key modelling papers claiming the new variants are highly contagious and dangerous.

Her accompanying article, The Modelling-paper Mafiosi, was first posted on Feb. 11, 2021 here: rosemaryfrei.ca/the-modelling-paper-mafiosi/

The photo of John Edmunds is from Yahoo News (web.archive.org/web/20200925155754if_/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/john-edmunds-sage-coronavirus-rules-boris-johnson-065459635.html)..
The photo of Neil Ferguson is from Wikipedia (upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/180515_ferguson_neil_sph_020.jpg/1200px-180515_ferguson_neil_sph_020.jpg).

Here are the links to material cited in video, in the order in which they appear and/or are mentioned in the video:
- My Feb. 3, 2021, ‘Are the New Variants Very Dangerous?’ article: rosemaryfrei.ca/laying-out-the-evidence/
- Basildon Canvey Southend Echo, Jan. 25, 2021 - ‘Covid: Scientist John Edmunds’ fears over new variant’: echo-news.co.uk/news/19036776.covid-scientist-john-edmundss-fears-new-variant/
- NERVTAG (New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group) Register of Member’s Interests Updated October 2017: app.box.com/s/3lkcbxepqixkg4mv640dpvvg978ixjtf/file/107168840789
- GlaxoSmithKline - Feb. 3, 2021 news release: ‘GSK and CureVac to develop next-generation mRNA COVID-19 vaccines’: gsk.com/en-gb/media/press-releases/gsk-and-curevac-to-develop-next-generation-mrna-covid-19-vaccines/
- London School of Hygiene Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Annual Report 2016: lshtm.ac.uk/files/annual-report-2016.pdf
- Gavi Alliance – About: gavi.org/our-alliance/about
- Humanosphere - May 15, 2012 - ‘Doctors Without Borders criticizes Gates-backed global vaccine strategy’: humanosphere.org/global-health/2012/05/doctors-without-borders-criticizes-gates-backed-global-vaccine-strategy/
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine’s The Vaccine Centre (VaC) (formerly known as the Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre): lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/vaccine-centre/about-us
- Vaccine Confidence Project: vaccineconfidence.org/about
- UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation: gov.uk/government/groups/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation
- UK’s Vaccine Network: which until recently was known as the UK Vaccines Network (the URL for the organization has 'UK Vaccines Network' in it): gov.uk/government/groups/uk-vaccines-network
- U.K. Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies: gov.uk/government/publications/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies-sage-coronavirus-covid-19-response-membership/list-of-participants-of-sage-and-related-sub-groups
- U.K.’s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG): gov.uk/government/groups/new-and-emerging-respiratory-virus-threats-advisory-group
- Scientific Advisory Board for CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Innovations): cepi.net/about/whoweare/
- CEPI’s Mission: cepi.net/about/whyweexist/
- GlaxoSmithKline - Feb. 3, 2020 news release: ‘CEPI and GSK announce collaboration to strengthen the global effort to develop a vaccine for the 2019-nCoV virus’: gsk.com/en-gb/media/press-releases/cepi-and-gsk-announce-collaboration-to-strengthen-the-global-effort-to-develop-a-vaccine-for-the-2019-ncov-virus/
- UK Column, Vanessa Beeley, April 22, 2020 – Part One. ‘Who controls the British Government response to Covid-19?’: ukcolumn.org/article/who-controls-british-government-response-covid19-part-one
- Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium: vaccineimpact.org/resources/VIMC_orgchart_2019.pdf