NEW—Infections "growing exponentially", professor Sir Tim Gowers warned urging not to repeat the mistake of acting too late. Gowers argument against natural herd immunity helped trigger 🇬🇧‘s first 2020 lockdown says recent increase in #COVID19 "worries me"
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2) “They seem to be multiplying by a certain fraction each day - in other words, growing exponentially," he said.

"We're still at a reasonably low base but, on the other hand, we know that there's a lag.

"We're still at a reasonably low base but, on the other hand, we know that there's a lag.
3) "Even if we were to take serious action and more social distancing action, that growth would continue for a while until the effect of that action kicked in."
4) He is right. Not just cases, but hospitalizations and deaths both increasing again.
https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1398357703429341193
5) Because acting too late is what India 🇮🇳 did. don’t be like Modi. Likely over 1.5 million have died. Possibly even 3-4 million according to new analysis. See thread 🧵
https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1398489008754368512
6) Not good… today’s UK report shows hospitalizations and deaths continuing to rise, even on a weekend (usually a lull). Deaths up 42% in 7 days according to @JoePajak
https://twitter.com/joepajak/status/1399065808853164033
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