This is missing the meaty part of the story. Our World in Data was the org that Dominic Cummings got in trouble for trying to throw £500k at it, because he thought that their work was essential in the middle of the pandemic. Eventually it seems like they declined the grant and got funding through the “Department of Health and Social Care” instead. See Dominic Cummings’ side of the story here.
This is missing the meaty part of the story. Our World in Data was the org that Dominic Cummings got in trouble for trying to throw £500k at it, because he thought that their work was essential in the middle of the pandemic. Eventually it seems like they declined the grant and got funding through the “Department of Health and Social Care” instead. See Dominic Cummings’ side of the story here.