Yes, it struck me from the beginning that there were far to many 'experts'.....whose expertise was questionable(well look at the track record of Neil Ferguson, he of the foot and mouth fiasco).
When you have so many scientists gathered together, you are not likely to get any kind of agreement.
This is going to change soon for the Joint Biosecurity Centre.....SAGE will be pensioned off.
Now whether this will improve anything is anyone's guess.
It might be another of those 'too little, too late'
I know this article is not new, but it shows the flaws in the SAGE group.....and is critical of their work.....and I don't usually post article from this paper.
https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ntists-medical