Critical AstraZeneca views ‘probably killed hundreds of thousands’ – scientist

Professor Sir John Bell said damage to the reputation of the vaccine cost lives (Liam McBurney/PA)

An Oxford scientist who worked on the AstraZeneca vaccine says he thinks scientists and politicians “probably killed hundreds of thousands of people” by damaging the reputation of the jab.

Speaking to the BBC, Professor John Bell said: “They have damaged the reputation of the vaccine in a way that echoes around the rest of the world.”