“many scientists & health experts have angrily challenged the govt’s argument:
‘The world is looking at us with disbelief - a country with some of the best universities & minds acting with arrogance’ says Ravi Gupta, professor of clinical microbiology at Cambridge university.”
‘The world is looking at us with disbelief - a country with some of the best universities & minds acting with arrogance’ says Ravi Gupta, professor of clinical microbiology at Cambridge university.”
https://twitter.com/FT/status/1413568545326239748
“The proposed end of compulsory mask wearing on public transport and in crowded indoor spaces has attracted the strongest criticism. Gupta says:
‘It defies logic and it’s criminal frankly. There will be unnecessary deaths as a direct result of that’.”
‘It defies logic and it’s criminal frankly. There will be unnecessary deaths as a direct result of that’.”
“clinical psychologist Julia Faulconbridge:
‘Long Covid is a serious problem, with 10-20% of people, including children, who catch the virus suffering illness, disability & psycholog problems for months & that appears to have been completely neglected in [govt’s] announcement’.”
‘Long Covid is a serious problem, with 10-20% of people, including children, who catch the virus suffering illness, disability & psycholog problems for months & that appears to have been completely neglected in [govt’s] announcement’.”
‘While the health minister spoke of wanting to avoid the mental health consequences of restrictions, he ignores the psychological consequences of allowing the infection rate to simply grow through the lack of society-wide mitigation measures.’
“The political outlook is unclear. Although Johnson has enjoyed ‘vaccine bounce’ since the start of 2021, two recent by-election defeats to @LibDems & Labour suggest it may be fading. A mishandling of the final lifting of England’s Covid restrictions could be politically costly.”
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