And trust me when I say these findings are sobering to the least.
Welcome to the #Covid19 National Guidance from that time.
First stop: PPE. Look at what was advised then -for cases *assessment*.
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The *SCIENCE* that was there for everyone to see on their own website.
@peterjukes @BylineTimes @carolecadwalla @drjanaway @doctor_oxford
Was the virus less contagious/deadly?
On the contrary, there was plenty of evidence if anything, China had minimized how contagious/deadly it was.
And yet UK govt decided not to follow its own guidance anymore
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Last nail in the coffin of #HerdImmunity
Never forget: They knew what to do and decided to do otherwise nevertheless.
Don't let them get away with it.
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It would really look bad if it happened to be deleted after this thread was posted
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Nevertheless UK govt decided otherwise after announcing herd immunity, saying:
Death toll is low (*if* &only if it’s under control)
Testing capacity was there/increasing (where did it go?)
What it showed was that the disease needed to be controlled.
The very next day pubs were closed.
Four days after that lockdown was announced.
-As the disease was now not that bad after all...
Because while it was, you couldn’t go for: “reuse unreusable PPE” or “go back to work if you have been exposed“.
Let it be called what it is would have forced the govt to protect doctors/nurses/carers/patients