This analysis of the last 12 days of UK decision making pretty much matches my guesses about what's been going on behind the scenes

buzzfeed.com/amphtml/alexwi…
12 days of infamy that will cost '000s of lives.

That Cummings and Vallance are allies doesn't surprise me at all. Things are on a slightly better track now but expect them to be back with herd immunity, and also to cover their tracks.

"the government had 'bet' the future of the UK on advice from a very small group of scientists that for a long time differed from the wider international consensus"
"Political aides tacitly criticised other countries who had taken more dramatic steps, claiming Britain was being 'guided by the science' rather than politics."
So much science!

- so little ethics
- so little sense
- so little planning
- so few ventilators
- so much pub
- so much gym
- so few masks
- so little protective gear
#EnglishExceptionalism
A 10 day delay with a conservative 20% per day spread makes it 6x worse than what it should have been. 20x if 40% spread. Meaning the vast majority of deaths will be attributable to government inaction.

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