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Nigel Shadbolt

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Sir Nigel Shadbolt, principal of Jesus College Oxford and executive chair and co-founder of the Open Data Institute.

<p>No one company should presume to have a monopoly on the data it gathers about us for its own ends</p>

We need more data collection – and less secrecy

<p>‘The speed and openness with which South African scientists acted – sending their concerns to the WHO – should be both praised and emulated’ </p>

Omicron highlights the value of sharing data – but we can do better