Nature's "The Great Beyond" blog reflects on some of the criticism the WHO received over their failures to release the names of the committee members earlier. "Neil Ferguson, an advisor to the committee named along with the members, told Nature, 'I would have been perfectly happy for my name to be made public but I understand the reasons the WHO gave for keeping names confidential.' ... Ferguson, who works at the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at London's Imperial College, adds, 'The one lesson that perhaps should be learned is the conspiracy theories show the need for transparency in scientific committees.'" The blog also quotes another committee member, Arnold Monto from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, who said, "The lessons are that if possible, full disclosure is the appropriate way to go" (Cressey, 8/11). 

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