Unseen footage from 10 March, shows #DavidHalpern talking about the idea of lockdown fatigue: "You don't want to cry wolf - you want to start asking people to do these things...when they're likely to be effective.”
This was the non-scientific grounds govt used to delay lockdown.
This was the non-scientific grounds govt used to delay lockdown.
On 14 March, 700 behavioural scientists signed an open letter calling out the non-sensical use of #BehaviouralFatigue to justify delaying social distancing.
But the scientific guidance against #LockdownFatigue was entirely ignored by the govt & the media.
sites.google.com/view/covidopen…
But the scientific guidance against #LockdownFatigue was entirely ignored by the govt & the media.
sites.google.com/view/covidopen…
The crucial questions we have been asking since early March are:
1) Where did this idea of lockdown/behavioural fatigue come?
2) How did it gain such prominence in govt strategy & in the media narrative?
#COVID19 #HerdImmunityScandal #coronavirus #COVID
1) Where did this idea of lockdown/behavioural fatigue come?
2) How did it gain such prominence in govt strategy & in the media narrative?
#COVID19 #HerdImmunityScandal #coronavirus #COVID
The idea didn’t come from govt scientists.
“Empirical evidence for the behavioural & social impact of, & adherence to, each of the strategies is limited.” SPI-B, 4 March
"There is no strong evidence for public compliance rates changing during a major emergency." SAGE, 13 March.
“Empirical evidence for the behavioural & social impact of, & adherence to, each of the strategies is limited.” SPI-B, 4 March
"There is no strong evidence for public compliance rates changing during a major emergency." SAGE, 13 March.
The assumption has been that the idea of #BehaviouralFatigue or #LockdownFatigue came from the Nudge Unit.
When asked specifically about it on 9 June, #DavidHalpern couldn't remember with confidence.
“It did not, in my memory, come from SPI-B or us", he says, his eyes darting.
When asked specifically about it on 9 June, #DavidHalpern couldn't remember with confidence.
“It did not, in my memory, come from SPI-B or us", he says, his eyes darting.
If it strikes you as odd that one of the men leading the govt's #COVID19 strategy - or ANYONE else - can't remember where this central idea for delaying lockdown came from, then it should.
But this isn't the first time memory loss has struck. (THREAD 5/5)
But this isn't the first time memory loss has struck. (THREAD 5/5)
On July, Patrick Vallance the @uksciencechief, claimed he couldn't remember which date SAGE had called for lockdown!
"The 18th or the 16th, I don't remember" he said.
If these people’s memories are so bad now, imagine what they will be like in 2021 or 2022 at a Public Inquiry!
"The 18th or the 16th, I don't remember" he said.
If these people’s memories are so bad now, imagine what they will be like in 2021 or 2022 at a Public Inquiry!
