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.@AndyMacaskill: Why didn’t your team start reviewing & modelling the consequences of lockdown until mid-March?
@uksciencechief: We modelled all scenarios throughout February
AM: John Edmunds told us neither he or @neil_ferguson carried out any modelling
@uksciencechief: We modelled all scenarios throughout February
AM: John Edmunds told us neither he or @neil_ferguson carried out any modelling
Neil Ferguson’s calculations were the basis for the govt’s #HerdImmunity strategy until 16/3 & he realised it was based on ‘flawed assumptions’ (or as govt said “the science changed”).
John Edmunds was key to govt modelling (here with @tomaspueyo on 14/3)
John Edmunds was key to govt modelling (here with @tomaspueyo on 14/3)
Patrick Vallance - clearly irritated by @AndyMacaskill’s follow-up question - says “the modelling came in from a lot of different sources”.
It is inconceivable that Edmunds & Ferguson weren’t central to - or atleast fully informed of - any modelling.
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It is inconceivable that Edmunds & Ferguson weren’t central to - or atleast fully informed of - any modelling.
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@peterjukes @BorisJohnson 1/. It was actually TEN days ago that @BorisJohnson first mentioned the ‘take in on the chin’ theory.
He told it to @Schofe & @hollywills on #ThisMorning on Thursday, 5 March.
A clip of him saying this was tweeted by @mvdct on the same day.
What happened next was remarkable...
He told it to @Schofe & @hollywills on #ThisMorning on Thursday, 5 March.
A clip of him saying this was tweeted by @mvdct on the same day.
What happened next was remarkable...
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct On Sunday evening, after a tip off from @CereinynOrd (follow her for #coronavirus), I tracked down the clip of the interview.
The clip beings with Boris saying: "One of the theories is, that perhaps you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go..."
The clip beings with Boris saying: "One of the theories is, that perhaps you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go..."
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd 3./ He goes on: "...& allow the disease, as it were, to move through the population, without taking as many draconian measures. I think we need to strike a balance."
To me there were two possible explanations for what Boris had said.
The second far more chilling than the first.
To me there were two possible explanations for what Boris had said.
The second far more chilling than the first.
