COVID-19: Hundreds of thousands probably died due to 'bad behaviour' from politicians over AstraZeneca vaccine, says Oxford scientist

A scientist who worked on the AstraZeneca vaccine has said 'hundreds of thousands of people' probably died because some politicians and scientists unfairly damaged its reputation. 'They have damaged the reputation of the vaccine in a way that echoes around the rest of the world,' said Professor Sir John Bell from Oxford University. 'I think bad behaviour from scientists and from politicians has probably killed hundreds of thousands of people - and that they cannot be proud of.'