Much to mull over from @matthewsyed on dangers of blame game and online experts & lessons from Sweden: "A lack of dissent is one reason disasters in totalitarian regimes, historically at least, have tended to exert a greater death toll... 1/5
"I can’t help thinking that some scientists have learnt that in a time of hysteria you can gain a huge profile by using inflammatory language. Call it the Piers Morganisation of public discourse, a world of manufactured confidence and synthetic outrage". Bravo @matthewsyed 2/5
"A world where the digital weighting placed on the extreme and dogmatic offers a distorted picture not just of reality, but of evidence itself...
"We need a rational debate now about charting a wise exit from the lockdown," 3/5
"We need a rational debate now about charting a wise exit from the lockdown," 3/5
"about how to distinguish between people who have died with, rather than from, coronavirus, and about whether the government would benefit from new expertise, not least from industry, as it confronts unprecedented administrative challenges". 4/5
"But this is being lost in a deluge of recrimination, amplified by wild gyrations on social media. There will be time later to learn systemic lessons — reforming quangos and the like. Making pre-emptive judgements now is a form of madness". thetimes.co.uk/article/i-chal… 5/5
